693.002/482: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss)
Washington, February 3, 1938—7
p.m.
109. Your 189, February 3, 11 a.m.,52 quoting Tokyo’s 66, February 2, 5 p.m., on the subject of disregard by Japanese vessels of Chinese Customs requirements.
If the discrimination described in the British aide-mémoire continues, please telegraph the Department a brief statement that can be made the basis of a further approach by the American authorities to the Japanese authorities in regard to the matter.
Please repeat your reply to Tokyo.
Repeated to Tokyo.
Hull
- Not printed; this telegram quoted a British aide-mémoire to the Japanese Government protesting the landing of commercial cargoes by Japanese ships at Shanghai without payment of customs.↩