Office of the Historian

893.00/4–1846: Telegram

The Consul General at Mukden (Clubb) to the Secretary of State

Mukden, April 18, 1946—6 p.m.
[Received April 26—9:47 a.m.17]

40. Soviet source gives report that Changchun fell to Communist Eighth Route Army yesterday. (ReConstel April 18, noon.) Member USIS staff informed by communications official that Government division badly beaten west of Szupingkai and by Counselor of Government First Army that orders have been received to launch general offensive against Communists in Manchuria.

Please repeat Chungking and Peiping for Ambassador.

Commander-in-Chief Tu Yu-ming arrived Mukden today.

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