Office of the Historian

761.93/4–3047: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, April 30, 1947—5 p.m.
[Received May 4—9:40 p.m.]

930. Following is Mukden’s 82, April 26, 11 a.m.:

“In conversation with me yesterday General Hsiung Shih-hui72 with reference Dairen situation said that report in local press April 24 of Soviet concessions permitting entry Chinese troops into Dairen is incorrect; that ‘Sino-Soviet treaty permits Chinese to have armed forces in naval base area but Russians are trying to change treaty’; that Russians have agreed to entry of a Chinese naval vessel into Port Arthur; and that it is impossible ascertain real Russian attitude or achieve definite results until a conference with highest Soviet military officials in naval base area is held.

Sent Nanking, repeated Dairen. Ward.”

Stuart
  1. Director of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s Headquarters in the Northeast.↩