893.102S/2526: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)
152. Your 302, July 17, 5 p.m., Chinese courts in the International Settlement. You may, in your discretion, inform the Ministry for Foreign Affairs that the American Consulate General at Shanghai is keeping the Department and the Embassy currently informed in regard to developments affecting the Chinese courts in the International Settlement, and that the Chinese Government may be assured that the matter is receiving careful consideration by this Government. In this connection, you may wish to remind the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the keen interest which this Government has repeatedly manifested in measures for the maintenance of efficient government, including both courts and administrative agencies, in the International Settlement at Shanghai.
Sent to Chungking. Repeated to Peiping, Shanghai.