393.1115/4088: Telegram
The Vice Consul at Hankow (Davies) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 21—1:45 p.m.]
My February 21, 10 a.m.4 Withdrawal foreign residents from Kuling to be made tomorrow morning. Commander Jeffs asks that I proceed to Chinese lines to assist latter half of descent. I plan to do so leaving 7:30 a.m.
Kuling residents proceeding to Shanghai will board Nakuto Maru same day and leave 23d.5
Foreigners traveling by this or other Japanese ships required to sign a statement prepared by liaison officer of Japanese military headquarters and consisting of six provisions the last of which reads “I shall not say nor write anything of what I have seen nor heard about the Imperial Japanese military or naval forces operating in China and that I clearly understand that if I should, I will not be permitted under any circumstances to return to Kuling or its vicinity.”
Repeated to Hankow, Chungking, Peiping, Shanghai.