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Unit 8—Handout 5
Timeline of the Nanking Safety Zone
22 November 1937 - The International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone is organized by a
group of foreigners to shelter Chinese refugees.
12 December 1937 - Chinese soldiers are ordered to withdraw from Nanking
13 December 1937 - Japanese troops capture Nanking
14 December 1937 - The International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone lodges the fi rst protest
letter against Japanese atrocities with the Japanese Embassy.
19 February 1938 - The last of the 69 protest letters against Japanese atrocities is sent by the Safety
Zone Committee to the Japanese Embassy and announces the renaming of the
committee as the Nanking International Relief Committee.
Refugees in University of Nanking. March 1938
Two children of the Rev. and Mrs. C.T. Chiang
of a mission in Nanking, standing at the gate of
No. 25 Lo Chia Road. The placards on the wall
are posters from the American Embassy and the
Chinese Military Commander of Nanking,
certifying the premises as American property.
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