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

123 [Olive, William M.]: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Cabot)¹¹

Washington, July 11, 1949—7 p. m.

1382. Urtel 2678 July 9 rptd Nanking 1497, passed Peiping by Dept. On basis Olive’s account his treatment, Emb and ConGens Shanghai [and] Peiping shld make further strong protest to appropriate Commie auths (oral where possible, fol by written memo) against inhumane treatment; extortion from Olive and publication of statements contrary to fact; and conditions of confinement Amer Govt official borne out by concrete evidence his physical and psychological state (which obviously at variance with description by local auths) as well as his own testimony. Reemphasize contravention internatl law and failure Commie auths observe customary procedures of an orderly regime.¹²

Acheson

11. Repeated to the Ambassador in China as No. 813 and to the Consul General at Peiping as No. 423.
12. In telegram No. 1180, July 15, 5 p. m., the Consul General at Peiping reported he had made protest in a letter of that date to the Headquarters of the Communist “People’s Liberation Army”. He added that an unconfirmed report indicated that the Peiping Communist authorities were annoyed at the action of the Shanghai police.