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

893.01/10–1049: Telegram

The Consul General at Shanghai (McConaughy) to the Secretary of State ⁷

Shanghai, October 10, 1949—2 p. m.
[Received October 10—3:39 a. m.]

4232. American Catholic Bishop Walsh told officer ConGen he has been informed by Papal Nuncio Riberi, Nanking, that latter has recommended immediate recognition Communist regime by Vatican as only hope for maintenance Church in China.

McConaughy

7. Repeated to the Special Assistant at Vatican City (Gowen) in Department telegram No. 18, October 11.