793.003/349: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Cunningham)
159. Following for Minister: Legation’s 316, May 8, 2 p.m.
Department refers to Legation’s 226, March 28, 9 a.m., paragraph 1; Legation’s 245, April 3, 3 p.m.; to Department’s 137, April 19, 6 p.m., paragraphs 1 and 3, and Legation’s 304, May 3, 2 p.m., final paragraph (M). In view of developments indicated in the above references, the Department has assumed that discussion of the Department’s latest draft is confined for the present to American and British officials. Department invites attention particularly to final paragraph (M) of Legation’s 304. Defer action until further instructed.