893.102S/2553a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Lockhart)
Washington, November
1, 1941—6 p.m.
915. In order that the Department may be able to give full weight to local conditions at Shanghai in connection with problems relating to the Shanghai area, the Department desires that you report in a confidential telegram your views in regard to the local situation at present, including the question of any danger of attempted forceful encroachment from any source upon the International Settlement.
Hull