125.0093/430a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart), at Peiping
393. With regard to the return to Peiping of the families of officers and employees who were evacuated to territories contiguous to China, the Department leaves to your judgment the question of the time when discretion may be given to the officers and the employees concerned for the return of their families, which should be on the understanding that they do so on their own responsibility in full knowledge of the risks involved.
Travel expenses for the return to Peiping of members of the families of Foreign Service officers as well as the families of employees who evacuated will be payable under Authorization No. 17, subject to the Travel Regulations.
The Department does not look with approval upon the return to China at this time of officers’ families now in the United States.