861.77 Chinese Eastern/584: Telegram
The Minister in the Netherlands (Diekema) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 5—1:55 p.m.]
144. Legation’s telegram No. 142, December 3, 5 p.m. The Minister for Foreign Affairs sent for me today to say that just as he was about to send a telegram to the Netherlands Chargé d’Affaires at Peiping along the lines suggested in the Department’s circular of December 1, he received a telegram from Peiping saying that the [Page 395] Chinese Government had already received communications from other governments to which it had replied. For this reason and since the Netherlands Government could not communicate with the Soviet Government, Mr. Beelaerts stated that he had not sent the promised telegram and desired me to telegraph my Government accordingly.