Office of the Historian

893.00/5–1848: Telegram

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

Nanking, May 18, 1948—4 p. m.
[Received May 18—9:41 a. m.]

892. Personal for Butterworth. Heartily approve suggested statement by Secretary on occasion inauguration President and Vice President May 20, Deptel 735 [734], May 14, 7 p. m.48 Such statement will greatly strengthen my hands in discussion I plan to have with Gimo as soon as possible, following inauguration, in which I hope to stress my belief that reform movement is irresistible and that unless he goes along with it, he will inevitably fail.

Stuart
  1. The statement was released to the press on May 20; see Department of State Bulletin, May 30, 1948, p. 713.↩