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893.00/1–1849: Telegram

The Consul General at Tientsin ( Smyth ) to the Secretary of State

Tientsin , January 18, 1949.
[Received January 18—3:47 a. m.]

81. Newspaper Tientsin Jih Pao carried following item today:3

“Commander Nieh Jung-chen of the Peiping-Tientsin Garrison Headquarters in a joint statement on January 15 with political member Po Yi-po announced that the Liberation Army will accord protection to law-abiding foreign residents in Tientsin, on the condition that they observe the provisions laid down in the proclamations of the People’s Government, the Military Commission, and the Garrison Headquarters.”

Smyth
  1. For information on Communist occupation of Tientsin, see telegram No. 61, January 14, 10:45 p. m., p. 48.↩