693.002/1107: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 30—6:15 a.m.]
1117. Department’s 406, July 27 [17], 10 p.m., Inspectorate General ex-member [of] Chinese Maritime Customs. He [The Embassy?] has been delayed in taking action in order to ascertain from Shanghai whether the information contained in its 843, July 12, 11 a.m.55 was sufficiently authoritative to warrant a formal protest. Shanghai replied July 25, 5 p.m. that the funds were withheld but that the demand for a Japanese Commissioner at Shanghai had been made orally and indirectly.
The Embassy’s first-person note to the Foreign Office of July 29 accordingly stressed the withholding of the funds and the necessity for maintaining the integrity of the Inspectorate General. The demand for a Japanese Commissioner was not mentioned, as the Foreign Office might deny that it had ever been made.
Sent to the Department via Shanghai, Shanghai please repeat to Chungking and Peiping.
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