Office of the Historian

793.94/5501: Telegram

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

Peiping, August 25, 1932—4 p.m.
[Received August 25—6:03 a.m.]

1007. My 985, August 22, noon.

1.
Following is for information of the Department: Commandant of the American Legation guard has received from the commandant of the Japanese Legation guard a notification that the Japanese guard will conduct maneuvers on its glacis and “night practice marches in the streets of the city near the glacis” on the morning of August 26 [Page 572] from 3 to 5 o’clock. This is the first notification to be received from the Japanese commandant in response to the senior commandant’s circular of last January requesting such notification.
2.
This gives us an opportunity to advise against such maneuvers and I propose to suggest to Colonel Gulick that he counsel with the Japanese commandant against such activities at this time.
Johnson