893.741/3–1949: Telegram
The Consul General at Peiping (Clubb) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 19—3:26 a. m.]
437. Following regulations published in Peiping Chieh Tang Pao March 17 covering telegraphic and telephonic communications with places outside liberated area effective March 16:
“Article 1. For convenience of people and merchants, present measures are especially enacted.
Article 2. Telegraph communications as mentioned in present measures include telegraph and telephone messages.
Article 3. Places to which telegraph and telephone communications are open will be announced by North China Telegraph and Telephone Administration in form of public proclamation.
Article 4. Both cablegrams and airgrams shall be handled by telegraph and telephone administration. In case it is necessary to establish exclusive radio station for maintaining connections between sea and land, between land and air, application for permission to establish it may be made and radio station shall be under control telegraph and telephone bureau in locality concerned.
Article 5. In sending telegrams and making telephone calls, following provisions shall not be violated:
- a.
- Sending of telegrams shall be limited to plain language.
- b.
- Telephone calls shall be limited to use ordinary language, and use of secret language and transmission of telegraph code numbers not permitted.
- c.
- In sending telegrams and making telephone calls, state secrets shall not be divulged.
- d.
- Ships radio stations are required to stop telegraph and telephone communications after ships enter into harbor and anchorage, and radio stations in airplanes are required to suspend telegraph and telephone communications after landing on airfield.
Article 6. In case provisions of any of paragraphs of article 5 violated, Telegraph and Telephone Bureau concerned may refuse to accept, or refuse to transmit, his telegram or stop his telephone calls, and person shall be punished according to circumstances of his violation.
Article 7. Telegraph and telephone charges shall be paid by telegram sender and telephone caller respectively. System of pre-payment of charges for reply telegrams is temporarily suspended.
[Page 1071]Article 8. Present measures shall become effective on day their promulgation.
Sent Department; repeated Nanking 279, Canton 22, Shanghai 308.