893.00/11064: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 6—1:55 p.m.]
673. Legation’s 667, August 4, 5 p.m. Following from Commander in Chief, August 4th:
“The U. S. S. Palos restates [reports?] 2 Chinese, 1 British and 1 Japanese gunboat engaged with Communists at Changsha yesterday. This morning a number of Ho Chien troops returned to southern end of city. There was some firing throughout the night. There are 300 Japanese present at northern end of city.
The Commander, Yangtze Patrol, now anchored off the Standard Oil Company, will take no part in military operations for the recapture of troops [city?]. The U. S. S. Guam is proceeding with stores and coal.”