Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, The Far East: China, Volume VIII

125.633/12–1149: Telegram

The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Kirk) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, December 11, 1949—4 p. m.
[Received December 12—9:22 a. m.]

3086. Re Depcirtels November 19, 1 a. m.,⁹⁸ and November 26, 2 a. m.,⁹⁹ in note No. 8, dated December 11, Gromyko¹ acknowledges receipt Embassy notes of November 21 and 27 and states:

“In accordance with information received by MFA,² the former Consul General of USA in Mukden, Mr. Ward, and the group of staff members referred to in the letter of the Secretary of State, received the possibility to leave Mukden and already have left for Tientsin for the further journey to the USA.”

Department pass Peiping 22.

Kirk

98. Not printed; see similar circular telegram of November 18, 10 a. m., p. 1009.
99. Not printed; see similar circular telegram of November 26, 1 a. m., p. 1021.
1. A. A. Gromyko, Soviet Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs.
2. Minister for Foreign Affairs.