740.0011 Pacific War/3505: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 27.]
A–67. Department’s 1398, September 29, Embassy’s 1817, September 28, and previous. We have been informed by a high Gov[ernmen]t official that he has not heard of recent additional troop concentrations on the Tibet–Chinghai border but that he understands that “some” airfields are being constructed there by the Chinese. He intimated that the fields are possibly for the purpose of “pressure” to be applied later on. The informant remarked incidentally that it was curious [Page 643] how much trouble was taken over outlying regions such as Tibet and Outer Mongolia which are of absolutely no economic value to China.