Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270: Telegram
General Marshall to Lieutenant General Alvan C. Gillem, Jr. 68
82907. Reference your 421.69 I agree with Robertson that Byroade should not go to Changchun. With reference to your conference with Generalissimo, I am uninformed as to whether or not Communist [Page 725] members went into Manchuria with teams from Peiping. I assume that they did but you do not tell me. If they did go into Manchuria with our teams, what is the basis for the Generalissimo’s statement?
I am somewhat concerned as to the Generalissimo leading off with a notification to the Russians which in effect amounts to a request for permission. It seems to me that the Committee of Three on the ground in Mukden with Chou present might be able to resolve matters better than in any other fashion. My understanding of the terms of entry of the teams was that they did not enter that portion of Manchuria in occupation by the Russians.