American armed forces are stationed in China as a result of agreements, and a policy dating back to the Boxer Protocol Mr. Hull said. The presence of American troops and naval units in China do not represent a change in America's foreign policy, he emphasized.
"American armed forces are in China for the protection of Amer-jeans primarily against mobs and other uncontrollable elements" Mr.
Hull said. "They have no mission of aggression. "It has been the desire and the intention of the Government io remove our armed forces from China when the performance of their function of protection is no longer called for. Such remains the desire and expectation of the Government" a plan for the removal of American armed. forces from China—
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