Office of the Historian

123 Stuart, J. Leighton: Telegram

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

Nanking, April 24, 1949—11 a. m.
[Received April 23—11:52 p. m.]

850. Acting President sent me personal message Saturday39 morning through Minister of Education renewing his plea that I leave for Shanghai and expressing concern for my personal safety. French Ambassador as Dean of Corps also received renewed invitation from Acting Foreign Minister to follow Government. He replied, after consultation with me and my British colleague, that the Chiefs of Mission had decided to remain in Nanking for the present and that in any event it was probably too late to do otherwise.

Sent Department 850; repeated OffEmb Canton 296, Shanghai 436.

Stuart
  1. April 23.↩