Office of the Historian

893.00B/8–2449: Telegram

The Counselor of Embassy in China (Jones) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, August 24, 1949—3 p. m.
[Received August 24—9:40 a. m.]

1885. Bearing upon extent to which CCP draws inspiration from Sun Yat-sen doctrine as against Marxism–Leninism–Stalinism, we [Page 503] note that to best of our knowledge Chinese Communists have held no commemoratory services or celebrations at Sun Yat-sen mausoleum since their take-over of Nanking last April. Neither have we heard of Sun’s picture being used at public meetings as are those of Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Chu.3

Sent Department 1885; repeated Shanghai 1036, Canton 793.

Jones
  1. Chu Teh, Commander in Chief of Chinese Communist armies.↩