Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, The Far East: China, Volume IX

893.00/11–449: Telegram

The Consul General at Taipei (Macdonald) to the Secretary of State

Taipei, November 4, 1949.
[Received November 4—9:31 p. m.]

660. CAF⁹³ here has informed British Air Attaché yesterday, and American today, that instructions have been received to bomb all shipping in Formosan Straits and that Chinese Foreign Ministry will so notify foreign representatives in Chungking.

Sent Department 660; repeated Chungking 216, Hong Kong 66, Tokyo unnumbered.

Macdonald

93. Chinese Air Force.