893.00/11–848: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 8—8:09 a.m.]
2132. Shanghai papers, November 7, carried Nanking dateline UP story that Secretary State is understood to have revised his former standard [and] now favors “all-out and quick aid to China”. Story says Secretary State made known his attitude to Chinese Foreign Minister at Paris.
According to reliable sources, UP obtained this information directly from Foreign Office press officer who accompanied the Foreign Minister to Paris. As Department will recall, Foreign Minister did make similar statements to Generalissimo and to me (see Embtel 2116, repeated Paris 7, November 6, 1 p.m.) We believe this kind of publicity in part is another desperate move to revive public morale, and in part is designed to implicate US in current failures and provide a scapegoat.