893.20 Mission/2–2746: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan)29
Washington, February
27, 1946—7 p.m.
342. Please advise Govt to which you are accredited informally and in confidence that, pursuant to request of Chinese Govt, this Govt expects shortly to start negotiations with that Govt looking to early establishment of a US Military Advisory Group to China. Group is to be limited to number required to give advice to higher staffs on organizational and training matters and assistance in training of staff groups and personnel in academies and service schools.
You may state that same info has been given to British Govt.
Byrnes
- The same, mutatis mutandis, on the same date to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom as telegram No. 1837; repeated to the Embassy in China for General Marshall’s information as No. 359.↩