Office of the Historian

851G.00/5–2246: Telegram

The Counselor of Embassy in China (Smyth) to the Secretary of State50

restricted
Nanking, May 22, 1946—10 a.m.
[Received May 22—6:14 a.m.]

844. Foreign Office has informed Embassy that Chinese forces Indochina have surrendered garrison duties to French forces in all areas previously under Chinese occupation. Bulk of Chinese forces have already evacuated Indochina. Three of four remaining divisions have been ordered to evacuate by land and to reach Chinese territory before 10 June or, weather permitting, before the end of May. Remaining division is now at Haiphong awaiting transportation to Japan. At request of Foreign Office SCAP has been informed of foregoing.

Smyth
  1. Repeated by the Department as telegram 3, May 23, 3 p.m., to Hanoi and as telegram 136 to Saigon.↩