793.94/16177: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Chungking, September 13, 1940—11
a.m.
[Received September 13—6:30 a.m.]
[Received September 13—6:30 a.m.]
465. Embassy’s 463, September 12, 3 p.m.,13 bombing of Chungking September 12.
- 1.
- Additional small formations of Japanese the number of which is not known dropped high explosive and incendiary bombs in a downtown section of Chungking adjacent to the Kialing River yesterday evening at approximately 7:40 and 8:20, apparently causing inconsiderable damage.
- 2.
- The American representative of the American Methodist Mission has informed the Embassy that the mission property at Daijiahang (situated adjacent to the Kialing River) was seriously endangered and suffered minor damages from concussion, one demolition bomb falling at the foot of a cliff below the hospital and residences, badly damaging doors and windows, while an incendiary bomb falling on a tennis court within 30 feet of a residence menaced the entire property (including two large hospital buildings, two foreign residences, a church, pastor’s residences, et cetera, which comprise a large share of the buildings still standing in that part of the city).
Sent to the Department. Repeated to Peiping, Hankow, Shanghai. Shanghai repeat to Tokyo. Air mail to Yunnanfu.
Johnson
- Not printed.↩