893.00/3–2249: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Cabot) to the Secretary of State
Shanghai, March 22,
1949.
[Received March 22—3:37 a. m.]
[Received March 22—3:37 a. m.]
965. Local press 21 and 22 features story on bombing of Chungking31 at Hulutao by Nationalist planes [March] 18 and 19, publishing today’s issue official AF photo showing ship, alleged to be Chungking, lying on side.
Sent Nanking 566; repeated Department 965, Canton 189.
Cabot
- Chinese cruiser which deserted to Communists.↩