Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270: Telegram
Mr. Walter S. Robertson to Brigadier General Henry A. Byroade, at Mukden
1468. I understand that only 2 of the 40 Communists arriving Mukden on April 2 carried proper credentials. It is possible that [Page 729] National Government officials were suspicious that some of this personnel was being transported to Mukden for propaganda work and not for work on teams. You will remember our experience in the past where Executive Headquarters badges, transportation, and housing facilities were used by Communist personnel have [having?] no connection with Executive Headquarters. In view of the explosive situation in Manchuria, National Government officials will no doubt continue to insist that all Executive Headquarters personnel carry proper credentials. To those individuals who arrived without them, we are endeavoring to furnish by safe hand of Captain Young76 on 4 April the names of those individuals who are entitled to them.
- Capt. John T. Young, American staff officer of Executive Headquarters, Peiping.↩