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OBJECT ID

ddr-njpa-1-1109 (G389.007)

PARENT COLLECTION

Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Gaijin" Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) May 7, 1937. Newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to the US Wang Ching-ting entered Yokohama port at 6 a.m. on the 7th aboard the Dollar Steamship SS President Hoover while on his way to his post in Washington. He was accompanied by his daughters Yuling (28) and Anfu (23) as well as a number of secretaries and other personnel. He was greeted by Councillor Yang, acting Chinese ambassador to Japan, other embassy and consular staff, and local Chinese residents, then headed to Tokyo at 8:40 in an embassy car. After a brief rest at the embassy, he visited Foreign Minister Sato at the foreign ministry shortly after 11 for an important meeting. He departed for the US from Yokohama at 6 p.m."

CONTRIBUTOR

Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

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