893.6463/9–848: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 9—12:59 a.m.]
1643. For Dept and ECA. Wu Chao-hung, Vice Chairman NRC, informed Embassy officer September 7 that Wong Wen-hao, President of Executive Yuan, had September 4 telegraphed to Chinese Ambassador, Washington, statement along lines indicated paragraph 2 Embtel 1592, August 30, repeated Shanghai 753. Statement, which Chinese Ambassador instructed to relay to Export-Import Bank and possibly also Department, said by Wu to include positive statement Chinese Government not abandoning North China economically and flat denial of removal industrial equipment from there to Central and South China. Wong has not yet given similar statement to Ambassador suggested by Stillman.
Sent Department 1643, repeated Shanghai 782, pouched Peiping, Tientsin.