Office of the Historian

125.3516/10–748: Telegram

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

Washington, October 12, 1948—4 p. m.

63. Your 32 Aug 2818 and 52 Sept 15,19 both to Nanking. Dept. approves position taken Embtel 21 Oct 7 to Dairen20 re inadvisability utilize radio transmitter Dairen. This question broached to local authorities Dairen several previous occasions by ConGen Benninghoff but request invariably refused. Dairen telegrams now being received via Moscow with average delay 4 days and Dept believes nothing would be served by stirring up question use own transmitter this time.

In event Dairen were to initiate use transmitter without prior authorization local authorities, possibly result in confiscation equipment or even closure Consulate. Transmitter should therefore be utilized only in case extreme emergency and with understanding probably one time operation.

Lovett
  1. Sent to the Department as No. 127, p. 787.↩
  2. Not printed.↩
  3. Sent to the Department as No. 1860, not printed.↩