125.3516/9–1748: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith)7
Washington, September 17,
1948—7 p. m.
1137. With closing Vladivostok, no longer possible relay telegrams Dairen Dept via Vladivostok. Necessary revert original practice sending via Moscow. Dept instructed Dairen attempt thru Embassy however no messages received thus far.
Request FonOff make necessary arrangements Soviet authorities Dairen permit Dairen code and plain traffic be sent Moscow via Russian facilities.
Emb refile all traffic received to Dept. Messages will be received numeral code as Dairen converting plain and cipher messages to numeral code facilitate handling via Russian facilities.
Marshall
- Repeated to the Embassy in China and to the Consulates at Dairen and Shanghai, as telegrams Nos. 1334, 55, and 1634, respectively.↩