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Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Vincent) to the Under Secretary of State (Acheson)
American naval vessels are now off the Chinese port of Chefoo, according to an AP dispatch of October 6. Chefoo has been occupied by Chinese Communist troops.
The following is a summary of a monitored broadcast of the Chinese Communist radio, October 7:
General Chu Teh, Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Communist Forces, has advised Colonel Yea ton of the U. S. Observer Mission at Yenan, that United States Marines should not land in Chefoo without prior agreement with the Communist Eighth Route Army. On October 4, Marine Headquarters requested that the Eighth Route Army and Municipal Government withdraw from Chefoo in anticipation of an American landing. Previously the Communists had cooperated with an American party to investigate American properties in Chefoo and permitted American forces to use Kungtung Island for recreational purposes. Pointing out that Japanese forces had been disarmed and order was being maintained in the city, General Chu warned that an American landing “would lead both the people of China and abroad to suspect American interference in Chinese internal politics.”