Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, The Far East: China, Volume VIII

893.20 Mission/2–2148: Telegram

The Consul General at Mukden (Ward) to the Secretary of State

Mukden, February 21, 1948—4 p.m.
[Received February 24—3:20 a.m.]

91. Wei Li-huang⁴⁰ requested me make inquiry re availability “two or three” American military advisors assist him training northeastern troops (Contel 121 to Embassy, 89 to Dept. February 20).⁴¹

Sent Embassy as 125, repeated Dept as 91.

Ward

40. Acting Director of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s Northeast Headquarters (PNEH) and Commander-in-Chief of Northeast Bandit Suppression Headquarters (NEBSH).
41. Vol. vii, p. 103.