Office of the Historian

840.50 Recovery/6–2148: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, June 21, 1948—6 p.m.
[Received June 21—7:09 a.m.]

1106. Upon further consideration Embassy believes following language would probably meet understandable Chinese objection to paragraph 2 of article XII (reEmbtel 1109, June 21,7 repeated Shanghai as 505) and at same time would employ language possessing accepted international usage.

“The Govt. of China agrees to grant to the members and staff of the special mission and the Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation of the Congress of the United States of America the privileges and immunities usually accorded to diplomatic missions in China to the end that they may effectively perform their necessities under the Act.”

Stuart
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