Office of the Historian

893.00/1–1349: Telegram

The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

Paris, January 13, 1949—7 p. m.
[Received January 13—4:40 p. m.]

156. Chauvel showed me Bonnet’s80 telegram repeating what Department had told him about our reply to Nanking. Bonnet remarked that Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs had not spoken to our Ambassador at Nanking about “concerted actions” of four powers as he had to French Ambassador there. Chauvel indicated that it was Chinese reference to “concerted action” which had induced French to ask Soviet Government for their views. Up to present Foreign Office has received no reply from Moscow.

Caffery
  1. Henri Bonnet, French Ambassador in the United States.↩