893.00/11058: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 4—4:15 a.m.]
665. Legation’s 661, August 3, 5 p.m. Following from American Consul at Hankow:
“August 2, 11 a.m. Your July 31, 9 p.m. received today. I have today written Ho Ying-chin as suggested by the Legation.
Most of Hankow foreign banks are now requiring clients to cover with war-risk insurance cargo on all this Consulate General’s overdrafts [sic].
Chinese have begun to move into Hankow from outlying districts to the north.
Yesterday I sent a confidential circular to Americans in Wuhan reminding them that evacuation plans with slight modifications conveyed to them in April, 1929, were still in force.
On July 29, Public Safety Bureau at Kiukiang advised foreigners to leave Kuling within 24 hours. Local officials at Kiukiang informed certain Americans that notice was sent in obedience to orders from [Page 162] C. T. Wang. Impression at Kiukiang is that Wang wishes to be in a position to disclaim responsibility should anything untoward occur.”