893.61A/12–2945: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Josselyn) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 3, 1946—8:43 p.m.]
From Dawson to Agriculture. “Reference is made to the Department’s unnumbered [No. 330] Dec. 21. In view of Deptel 319, Dec. 1954 regarding suspension of conversations with Chinese Government on subjects of assistance paragraph 4, does Embassy advise that I go ahead and discuss the points mentioned regarding adequacy of arrangements [Page 1449] for collaboration, including housing and travel, etc., as indicated important for early concentration in Contel 354, Dec. 11 and 213, Nov. 15.
(Shanghai Serial No. to Chungking 118, Dec. 29 repeated to Dept.55) Please also check Embassy’s despatch of Chinese Govt’s request on the subject of a collaboration agreement on agriculture sent to the Department on October 2856 mentioned sentence 1 unnumbered [No. 330] Dec. 21 on Agricultural Mission to China as having not been received.
The essentials to this proposal by the Chinese Government were covered in Embassy’s despatch of September 1357 based on informal copy received from Minister of Agriculture.”