Office of the Historian

893.50 Recovery/6–2748: Telegram

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

Nanking, June 27, 1948—11 a.m.
[Received June 27—1:43 a.m.]

1163. Reference paragraph 5, Deptel 920 of June 24, Embtel 1149 of June 25 and Deptel 892 of June 17. Revised article IV (old numbering) of bilateral aid agreement as agreed with Lapham mission was presented by aide-mémoire to Foreign Office June 25. Full text contained in Embassy’s immediately following telegram.44 Foreign Office brusquely rejected proposal by aide-mémoire June 26 as “undesirable [Page 581] and unnecessary” and “creates impression that administrative integrity of China is not strictly respected”.

Sent Department 1163, repeated Shanghai 534.

Stuart
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