393.11/1116: Telegram
The Consul General at Canton (Jenkins) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 2—1:50 p.m.]
Cantonese authorities inform me officially that vigorous attacks including aeroplanes are to be made on Sunchow2 and Kweihsien, Kwangsi Province, shortly after May 6 and asked that Americans be warned to leave. We have five American missionaries at Kweihsien to whom I am endeavoring to get word in time but communication difficult. I have given Cantonese authorities map of Kweihsien showing location of Americans and warned them that United States Government expects every effort to be made to avoid endangering American lives and property. Will report further developments.
Department and Legation informed.
- Also known as Kweiping.↩