861.34594C/6–1845: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Hurley)
932. As you know the President is wholly committed to the fulfillment of the agreement made at Yalta in the terms communicated to you, and that agreement provides that Port Arthur be leased as a naval base to Russia.
I think that you will understand therefore that this Government could not very well agree to participate in the joint use of Port Arthur as a naval base or become a party to China’s agreement with the Soviet Union. It would seem in any case highly doubtful that the Soviet Union would consent to a tripartite or multilateral pact, since the purpose of such a pact would be to regulate Sino-Soviet relations.