Office of the Historian

893.00/1–246: Telegram

The Chargé in China (Robertson) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, January 2, 1946—1 p.m.
[Received January 3—3:38 a.m.]

7. According to telegram dated December 30 from Ward,2 Chiang Ching-kuo3 arrived Tihwa December 26 and departed for Moscow December 28. (Embassy’s 2232, December 28 to Dept, repeated Moscow.4) Ward says negotiations are proceeding with rebels; that Liu5 is confident of settlement and feels it may be soon, although (sent to Dept as 7; repeated to Moscow as 2) some local Chinese have taken umbrage at two new rebel desiderata: (1) that troops brought in to put down rebellion be withdrawn after settlement and (2) that secret police be disbanded.

Robertson
  1. Robert S. Ward, Consul at Tihwa.↩
  2. Son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, President of the National Government of the Republic of China.↩
  3. Foreign Relations, 1945, vol. vii, p. 1024.↩
  4. Liu Tse-jung, Chinese Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in Sinkiang.↩