893.00B/10–1749: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Peiping (Clubb)
Washington, October
17, 1949—3 p. m.
718. Dept desires clarification composition of CCP12 Politburo. Presently accepts fol[lowing] as correct: Mao Tse-tung, Chu Te, Chou En-lai, Liu Shao-chi, Jen Pi-shih, Kao Kang, Peng Chen, Chen Yun, Peng Te-huai, Lin Tsu-han, Tung Pi-wu, Kang Sheng. Various sources also list Wang Chia-hsiang, Chen Shao-yu, Chang Wen-tien, Li Fu-chun, Li Wei-han, Wu Liang-ping. Pls comment.
Acheson
- Chinese Communist Party.↩