893.00 Manchuria/6–947: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 9—8:19 a.m.]
1241. In answer to Embassy’s enquiry with regard to presence Korean units assisting Chinese Communists Manchuria, Changchun has replied as follows:
“Central News Agency reporting current propaganda blaming ‘outside interference’ for Nationalists’ reverse in Manchuria. It is to be noted that Korean population of Manchuria in 1944 was recorded as being about 1,400,000. There exists logical possibility that there is traffic across North Korean boundary with Chientao region (where most of Manchurian Koreans reside) but I submit that concrete evidence that any Koreans found with Chinese Communist troops in Manchuria actually came from North Korea as suggested in some current publicity would probably be very difficult to obtain. I invite Embassy’s attention to possibility that Manchurian Koreans in Chientao region may like Manchurian Mongols have been promised by Communists that they will enjoy certain autonomous rights under Communists’ regime.”