893.00 Nanking/77: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in China (MacMurray)

164. Lockhart’s 17 to Legation, April 14, 3 p.m. For the present Department will make no public comment with regard to note and would desire that Legation make no public comment in Peking. Please cable us your comments and also information as to any textual differences in the replies made by Eugene Chen to the several Powers as well as the reaction in Peking.

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