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893.01/10–549: Telegram

The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Holmes) to the Secretary of State

London, October 5, 1949—5 p. m.
[Received October 5—1:43 p. m.]

3988. In off-record press interview with American correspondents today, Attlee80 is reported to have said in response to question regarding recognition Chinese Communist Government that (a) British Government would proceed slowly, (b) there were many facets of the problem which needed mature deliberation, including the attitude of [Page 102] Communists toward China’s international obligations, and (c) so far as Nationalist Government is concerned all is not yet lost.

Holmes
  1. Clement R. Atlee, British Prime Minister.↩