861.77/1762: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Harbin (Jenkins)
For Stevens:
Meeting of Consortium delegates October 15th New York. Extract from Minutes: [Here follows the Minute quoted in Mr. Lamont’s letter of October 18, printed supra.]
Department instructing Legation, Peking, to repeat its 319, October 13, 6 p.m.74 to you for your information, wherein Legation states it feels assured Chinese Government does not intend to discontinue Inter-Allied provisional control.
Your October 6, 10 a.m.75 It is not contemplated that you should return to Harbin under the present arrangement. It is desired that you come to Washington for conference and assist in devising a new and better plan. Very important that no idea that United States is withdrawing be created by your departure.