125.643/61: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (MacMurray)
367. Your 801, October 30, 8 p.m. I am constantly being questioned by the press as to why the Nanking Consulate is not opened. I should like to know definitely why the time is being postponed, particularly whether it is on account of failure to agree on the details of a ceremony. I understood the ceremony was agreed on. Why has it not been carried out? Originally my instructions were that [Page 363] the opening of the Consulate should not be made dependent upon any particular ceremony. I should like to be able to say to the press definitely when it is going to be opened.