Calvin Coolidge actually said...

Of course, it is difficult to say, but so far as we can foresee it would appear that we now have sufficient forces in China to take care of ...

We think we have a sufficient force to protect our people at Shanghai.

I think we have sufficient forces there for rescue purposes and to do everything that could be done in that direction.

The Navy Department has reported to me that their information is that one American there has been killed and the American Consulate attacked...