893.102S/2359: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:20 p.m.]
1221. My 1216, November 7, 7 p.m. The agreement between the French and Japanese Consuls General, arrived at late yesterday afternoon, is being implemented today, the lower Chinese courts in the French Concession having been transferred to the Nanking regime this morning without incident and the others in process of transfer this afternoon. The Supreme Court has been closed so far as the French Concession is concerned. The newly appointed chief judges of the Kiangsu High Court and Second Special District Court respectively have sat on these courts previously but not recently. It is not yet known whether any of the judges of the courts transferred will consent to serve under the Nanking regime.
Sent to the Department. Repeated to Chungking and Peiping code text by air mail to Tokyo.