Office of the Historian

125.3516/10–148: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Consul at Dairen (Paddock)

Washington, October 1, 1948—5 p. m.

57. Your long delayed tels now being rec’d, last dated Sept 2 and backlog apparently being transmitted chronologically. Confirm receipt all Deptels through this number.

Your 129 Aug 28 to Dept15 and 38 Aug 31 to Nanking16 should have been encoded. In future exercise caution re material transmitted plain tels.

Lovett
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Sent as unnumbered telegram to the Department, p. 790.↩