893.00/5–1947: Telegram
The Ambassador in China ( Stuart ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 20—11:22 a.m.]
1090. Following is Mukden’s 107 of May 16 to Nanking.
“Information available here indicates NECC headquarters95 regards present Communist offensive as most serious yet faced. Communist forces pushing westward from areas some 100 miles northeast Mukden have taken Shangchengtze and are threatening Meihokow and Tsingyuan on Mukden–Hailing railway. Observers believe these forces aim reach main Harbin–Mukden line in region Seupingkai with view there meeting southward pushing Communist forces now near Hwaite thus completing isolation Changchun. Communist attacks to cut Mukden–Tientsin line near Shanghaikwan also believed likely. [Page 131] (See Tientsin’s 103 of May 19 to Department96 and Changchun’s 74 of May 19, 9 a.m. to Department.97) Nationalists reported moving much needed troops from Tungliao area to reinforce other areas. Ward”.98
- Headquarters of the Commander in Chief of the Chinese forces, Northeast China Command.↩
- Infra.↩
- Repeated as No. 195 to Nanking, not printed; it concerned questions regarding disposition of the Consulate code machine and materials in the event of Chinese Communist capture of Changchun (119.25 Strip Cipher/5–1947).↩
- Angus Ward, Consul General at Mukden.↩