Office of the Historian

893.00/1–1549: Telegram

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

Nanking, January 15, 1949—2 p. m.
[Received January 15—1:49 p. m.]

120. On evening 13 January, following delivery our aide-mémoire,90 Generalissimo met with Premier,91 Vice-Premier,92 Shao Li-tze,93 [Page 51] Chang Chun,94 Chang Chih-chung95 and Chen Li-fu.96 In view nature our communication, last three named were directed seek direct approach to Communists. Generalissimo’s departure was also discussed. Indications suggest he may intend leave soon, going Foochow and Amoy and then Taiwan.

Stuart
  1. See telegram No. 113, January 14, 6 p. m., p. 47.↩
  2. Sun Fo, president of the Executive Yuan and son of the late Sun Yat-sen.↩
  3. Wu Te-chen, concurrently Minister for Foreign Affairs.↩
  4. Kuomintang member and Chinese Ambassador in the Soviet Union, 1939–42.↩
  5. Military and Political Affairs Director for Southwest China.↩
  6. Military and Political Affairs Director for Northwest China and Government representative during the 1946 negotiations with the Chinese Communist Party.↩
  7. Chinese Minister without Portfolio and coleader of the so-called C-C clique in the Kuomintang.↩