158.932/267: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart), at Peiping
232. Department’s 220, October 6, 2 p.m., and your 537, October 11, noon. With regard to the antepenultimate sentence of the first substantive paragraph of the Department’s telegram under reference, the Department does not feel that the absence of discrimination would render inappropriate representations on the basis proposed by the Department. However, it is suggested that possible misunderstanding would be avoided by deleting the words “toward American nationals”. With regard to the penultimate sentence of that paragraph, reference is made to Nanking’s telegram no. 56, August 16, 10 a.m.,74 in which the procedure of inoculation is described as “most unsanitary and dangerous”.
In the light of the above and of the objective of the Department as indicated in its telegram under reference, you are authorized to make such modification in the representations as you may deem advisable.
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