893.00/8425: Telegram

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

[Paraphrase]

101. Your No. 246, March 24, 3 p.m. There is no basis whatsoever for the statement you report as carried by United Press. No change has been made in the orders issued Admiral Williams and repeated to you in Department’s No. 72 of February 25, 2 p.m.

Kellogg