893.01/317: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
Peking, August 2,
1928—3 p.m.
[Received 9:30 p.m.]
[Received 9:30 p.m.]
592. In view of the recognition implied by our negotiations of the treaty with the Nationalist regime,99 I request the Department’s instructions whether we should deal with it as a fully recognized government. This question has arisen in connection with certain routine relations such as are listed below, most of which have been suspended since the disestablishment of the Peking Ministry of Foreign Affairs early in June, and some for even longer.
- 1st.
- Requests for recognition of consuls (my telegram No. 571, July 28 [25], 8 p.m.1).
- 2d.
- Extension of invitations to international congresses.
- 3d.
- Notices to the Foreign Office of lost passports.
- 4th.
- Requests for Chinese visas and arms permits.
- 5th.
- Filing and prosecution of diplomatic claims.
- 6th.
- Exchange of naval honors and ceremonies (see my mail despatch No. 1394, February 181).
- 7th.
- Miscellaneous relations.
MacMurray