Office of the Historian

393.1115/12–948

The Secretary of the Navy (Sullivan) to the Secretary of State

Washington, 9 December 1948.

My Dear Mr. Secretary: Referring to my letter of 2 December requesting State Department’s comments on certain questions with relation to China, it is requested that your answer cover the matters raised in Vice Admiral Badger’s despatch No. 080145Z, copy of which has been furnished you previously.3

Particular attention is invited to Admiral Badger’s assumption that his objective in providing protection to United States Nationals is “to safeguard U. S. Nationals and their properties in China to the limit of feasibility during any temporary loss of government control and police protection.”

Sincerely yours,

John L. Sullivan
  1. Not found in Department files.↩