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893.00/12–148: Telegram

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

Washington , December 7, 1948—noon.

253. Re your 397 Dec 1. Request verification Reuters report Shanghai, Dec 1, robberies looting Nationalist soldiers Tientsin included action against foreign-owned enterprises and whether any U. S. firms affected.

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