740.0011 E.W. (Peace)/7–846: Telegram
The Counselor of Embassy in China (Smyth) to the Acting Secretary of State73
urgent
[Received July 8—1:06 a.m.]
1105. Foreign Minister Wang Shih-Chieh requests that following message from him to Secretary of State Byrnes be transmitted most urgently to Secretary Byrnes in Paris:
“The forthcoming peace conference in Paris should, in accordance with the clear provision of the Moscow Agreement of December 1945, be convoked by the Council of Foreign Ministers and not by any four powers of that council. The Chinese Government considers any deviation from this provision not only as an insult to China, but as a breach of international good faith. In agreeing to the said Moscow Agreement, which modifies the agreement reached by the five Foreign Ministers meeting in London on September 11, 1945, the Chinese Government already showed her utmost cooperation to facilitate the process of peace settlement in Europe. China cannot accept any alteration in the said Moscow Agreement. I assume that the American Government cannot concur in any action amounting to a breach of international undertaking, to which the American Government is a party.”
Sent to Department 1105, July 8, 1 p.m. for transmission by Department to Secretary at Paris.
- This message was repeated by the Department to Paris for the Secretary of State on July 8, 1946.↩