Office of the Historian

894A.01/1–649: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Consul General at Taipei (Krentz)10

Washington, January 7, 1949—6 p. m.

2. Urtel 6 Jan 6, rptd Nanking 2. Dept of opinion physical isolation Taiwan from mainland and presence Chi naval and air units, together with munitions being delivered Keelung, make island relatively free from threat external attack for time being. Unless strong possibility native uprising or disaffections Chi Govt forces, issuance warning this juncture would seem premature. Ur views and those of Emb requested.

Lovett
  1. Repeated to the Ambassador in China as No. 20.↩