893.00/13539: Telegram
The Counselor of Embassy in China (Peck) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:50 p.m.]
183. 1. Central Executive Committee last evening notified its members that Chen Chi Tang had agreed to halt advance of his troops temporarily and to ask Li Tsung Jen and Pai Chung Hsi to do likewise. Kung is reliably reported to have stated privately last evening that Hengchow had not yet fallen to the Southwestern forces. Chiang Kai Shek and Chang [Chun?] are reliably reported to have stated privately this morning that the northward advance of the Southwestern troops in Hunan had halted. Central News Agency, Changsha, June 11, cites reports reaching Changsha that advance of Southwestern troops has halted south of Hengchow and states that busses were still running yesterday between Hengchow and Changsha.
2. Repeated to Department and Peiping, repeated to Canton, Hankow.