Office of the Historian

125.953/10–249: Telegram

The Consul at Tsingtao (Hawthorne) to the Secretary of State

Tsingtao, October 2, 1949—2 p. m.
[Received October 3—4:06 a. m.]

536. ReDeptel 298, September 30. Impossible apply exit permits till October 5, date set foreign registration American staff with local police. Applications will be made then or as soon thereafter as possible. Consulate General will be closed c.o.b. October 15, which earliest possible. When and how we expect depart will be reported soonest.

Hawthorne