740.0011 Pacific War/3465: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:37 p.m.]
1817. Department’s 1340, September 21. At a suitable opportunity during a dinner party on September 25 Counselor mentioned to Vice Foreign Minister Victor Hoo that we had heard reports emanating from India to the effect that there had been some additional troop concentrations on the Chinghai-Tibetan border. Dr. Hoo did not at first deny the reports but said that the Chinese troops “will certainly do nothing” and then said that there had been some Chinese troops near the Tibetan border, that he had not heard this latest report, and that the report was incorrect. He made a further statement that “in any case we will do nothing”.
We have not received here any confirmation of the British reports.