393.1115/8–1749: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Clark) to the Secretary of State
Canton, August 17,
1949—5 p. m.
[Received 10:58 p. m.]
[Received 10:58 p. m.]
Cantel 975. Newspapers continue to report General Gordon to be diverted Shanghai mid-September with latest report stating Communist authorities have approved call.
Embassy has had no instructions and accordingly has not attempted secure safe conduct for Gordon from Chinese Government and will not take up matter unless Department instructs. Advise.
Sent Department Cantel 975; repeated Nanking 639; Shanghai 503.
Clark