102.22/7–3049: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Peiping (Clubb)

508. Following is first para Nanking’s 1665 July 30 to Dept. [Here follows text of first paragraph of No. 1665, printed supra.]

By whatever means available you should at once make clear to highest possible Communist authorities seriousness with which your Government views this callous indifference on the part of the local Communist authorities in Shanghai to safety, welfare and dignity of official U.S. representatives as indicated in above quotation and in Shanghai tels 2959, 2963, 2965 and 2966 all of July 29 and all repeated Peiping.

Acheson