Office of the Historian

793.94/5592: Telegram

The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Peiping, October 13, 1932—4 p.m.
[Received Octover 13—5:24 a.m.]

1185. Department’s written instruction 856, September 2, reporting [Page 579] conversation between Castle and Italian Ambassador on August 25th.9

With reference to final paragraph of Castle’s memorandum I have discussed matter with Military Attaché and he has made discreet inquiries among all other Military Attachés who participated in discussions regarding neutralization of Peiping and he reports that no such proposal was made by the head of the Japanese Legation guard to any of the various Military Attachés on that subject.

Johnson
  1. Instruction No. 856 not printed; it enclosed a copy of the memorandum of August 29, p. 573.↩