701.9311/322: Telegram

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

[Paraphrase]

188. During diplomatic hours yesterday the Chinese Minister, Alfred Sze, called on me without appointment and informed me of the receipt by him of a cable from the Nationalist Government inquiring as to his willingness to continue as “China’s representative” in Washington. I was informed by Sze that his reply was in the affirmative. I merely thanked him for the information and made no comment. There was no further conversation beyond this.

Kellogg