390.1115A/589: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Lockhart)
Washington, December 1,
1941—5 p.m.
1068. Reference your 1779, November 26, 4 p.m. With respect to the query in the last sentence of your telegram under reference you should be governed by the sense of the Department’s 765, November 22, 3 p.m. to Tokyo with emphasis on the shipping situation, in again calling to the attention of American citizens the advice previously given in regard to withdrawal.
Hull