125.0061/270: Telegram
The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Dooman) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:28 p.m.]
227. The following telegram has been received from Kuibyshev and repeated to Chungking.
156, March 29, 4 p.m. If you approve please forward to Department (and repeat to Chungking) as Kuibyshev’s 282, March 29, 6 p.m.
“Kuibyshev’s 287, March 26, 8 p.m. In conversation yesterday Mr. Wu,7 representative at Urumchi of the Chinese Foreign Office, who accompanied to Moscow the new Chinese Ambassador8 and who is returning today to his post, replied in terms of unqualified assent to my query whether it would be of advantage to the United States to assign to the Consulate at Urumchi a subordinate officer with knowledge of Russian. Mr. Wu added that it would be most helpful to the Chinese Government if our Government could see its way clear to stationing at Urumchi officer well grounded in agriculture and mining technology. The Chinese Ambassador made some interesting observations which he requested that I communicate orally to the Secretary upon my return to Washington.”