693.002 Manchuria/192: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 13—10:05 a.m.]
803. Following from American Consul General at Harbin:
“July 12, 5 p.m. 1. Blumberg, customs [at] Manchouli, released July 9th and with Schjoth arrived at Harbin yesterday morning.
[Page 141]2. Rozoff, customs Harbin, released early morning of July 8 and Ohrnberger released July 10th.
3. Despite Soviet Consul General’s protest that they are Soviet property Sungari River, Harbin wharves, belonging to the Chinese Eastern Railway, taken over by Manchukuo, July 8th.
4. Yesterday afternoon, today crowd several hundred discharged employees gathered front Chinese Eastern Board Building demanding payment pensions, threatening lives of President Li Shao-ken, Vice President Kusnetsoff. Latter escorted yesterday from office by six heavily armed Russians furnished by Soviet Consulate General.
5. Japanese troops drove anti-Manchukuo forces from Hengtaohotze yesterday.”
Text to Tokyo by mail.