Office of the Historian

893.00/5–847: Telegram

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

Nanking, May 8, 1947—2 p.m.
[Received May 8—1:37 a.m.]

995. Following is Chungking’s 60 of May 7, 1947 to Nanking:

“My telegram 42, March 22 (repeated to Department as Embassy’s telegram 653, March 25, 4 p.m.).79

“General Li Hsien-nien’s80 troops numbering about 1,000 now reported along Yangtze between Ichang and Shasi attempting disrupt river traffic that area. Troops being rushed from Chungking to deal with situation. Streeper.”81

Stuart
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Chinese Communist general who had operated in the Hankow area in 1946.↩
  3. Robert B. Streeper, Consul General at Chungking.↩