Office of the Historian

893.002/3–1449: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, March 14, 1949—2 p. m.
[Received March 14—6:32 a. m.]

566. Communist broadcast March 11 implied that Sun Fo’s resignation was result of acting President’s conversation with Admirals Badger and Pownall3 and me last week end. Actually the three of us dined with Li Tsung-jen night March 6. Occasion was purely social except for brief conference before dinner between Badger and Li in which the former outlined present and future plans for US Navy Tsingtao. So far as I remember there was no mention of Sun Fo during entire evening.

Sent Department 566, repeated Canton 162, Shanghai 262, pouched Tsingtao.

Stuart
  1. Rear Adm. Charles A. Pownall, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Mariannas.↩