Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270: Telegram
Lieutenant General Alvan C. Gillem, Jr., to Colonel George V. Underwood, at Nanking
13956. According to present plan all Executive Headquarters Communist Party personnel will have returned to Communist areas on or before 20 February. Yenan Liaison Group has been of assistance in obtaining clearances for landings at Yenan, in checking the removal of obstacles from the runway, supervising the operation of the radio beacon, and furnishing weather information and landing instruction to planes in flight. We intend to withdraw Yenan Liaison Group with equipment to Peiping on last plane returning Executive Headquarters Communist to Yenan on 20 February.