125.3516/3–2549: Telegram

The Consul at Dairen (Paddock) to the Secretary of State

82. White Russian recently returned from Mukden stated US flag flying over American Consulate General and large house opposite it where all US citizens residing. Guards stationed before both quarters but this also true of Soviet Consulate General (which apparently now exists. See Moscow telegram 4 to Department, repeated Nanking 235).

General condition of Mukden “settled down” but some looting and robbery still occurs in outskirts.

Source says Chinese Communists in complete authority and there little evidence of Soviet political activity.

Mukden-Dairen trip made by railroad without changing trains at Kwantung border.

Sent Nanking 53; repeated Department, Nanking, Shanghai, Shanghai 78, Moscow 38.

Paddock
  1. Not printed; in this telegram dated January 2, the Charge in the Soviet Union (Kohler) stated: “Foreign Office note just received states no Soviet Consulate in Mukden present time.” (702.6193/1–249)