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The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (MacMurray)
243. Your 595, July 19, 5 p.m. While the Department shares your disinclination to take any action concerning Abend not required by circumstances the possibility of a resumption of the campaign against him must be faced. In view of the circumstances the Department believes that the responsibility for the next step should be placed with the Chinese Government and therefore suggests that instead of the reply already proposed you inform the Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs that it is impossible to deport Abend through administrative action and indicate your readiness to discuss possible recourse to legal procedure if he so desires.