893.00/1–1346: Telegram

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

99. Three Commissioners, Walter S. Robertson (American), General Cheng Kai-min (Govt.), and General Yeh Chien-ying (Communist) left by plane this morning for Peiping to establish Executive Headquarters to carry out agreements for cessation of hostilities.60 [Page 342] Robertson was accompanied by Sprouse61 and Miss Davidson. Each Chinese Commissioner was accompanied by staff of 4 persons.

Smyth
  1. Signed January 10, p. 127.
  2. Philip D. Sprouse, Second Secretary of Embassy.