Office of the Historian

Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270: Telegram

General Marshall to Colonel Marshall S. Carter

Nanking, 18 November 1946.

1779. Embassy telegrams 1698 of 19 October and 1789 of 1 November and State Department telegram 1033 of 14 November81 refer. Actual turnover of the escort carriers with consequent publicity not advisable at this particular moment. There is no objection to preliminary action and working level discussions but desire that you arrange for temporary suspension of actual transfer.

  1. None printed; these telegrams dealt with a proposal to transfer five surplus escort aircraft carriers to the Chinese Universal Trading Corporation.↩