Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, The Far East: China, Volume VII

121.5493/3–147: Telegram

The Minister-Counselor of Embassy in China (Butterivorth) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, March 1, 1947—9 p.m.
[Received March 1—12:52 p.m.]

408. This for Military Attaché.¹ Following from Changchun:²

“78, March 1, 3 p.m. Major Rigg and Capt. Collins (Assistant Military Attachés) were captured this morning by Communists about 4 a.m., east of Chialun. Am contacting our military and will report details later.”

Butterworth

1. Brig. Gen. Robert H. Soule.
2. O. Edmund Clubb was Consul General at Changchun.