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

125.991H/8–1049: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Vice Consul at Kunming (Lutkins)²⁸

Washington, August 13, 1949—3 p. m.

62. Assume Deptel 61 Aug 12²⁹ answers query raised urtel 122 Aug. 10. Re question raised urtel 123, Aug. 10 Dept desires you maintain Consulate long as possible but you shld keep in mind possibility local deal engineered by Lu Han³⁰ and/or Lung Yun³¹ adherents by which peaceful turnover wld occur prior advance Commie troops that area. Such contingency is one which Dept of course in no position foresee and must under these circumstances rely upon ur judgment and estimate situation.

Acheson

28. Repeated to the Chargé in China and the Vice Consul at Chungking as telegrams Nos. telCan 566 and 65, respectively.
29. Same as telegram No. 62 to Chungking, supra.
30. Governor of Yunnan.
31. Governor of Yunnan, 1927–45.