893.00/10–2148: Telegram

The Consul General at Tientsin (Smyth) to the Secretary of State

293. KMA at Tangshan reports arrival there of units of Taiwan trained army which recently arrived at Tangku. Mines area quiet.

Chinese press reported Changli again occupied by Communists. Apparently no Govt troops there.

Sent Nanking 536, repeated Department 293, Peiping.

Smyth