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

893.01/10–2149: Telegram

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

London, October 21, 1949—7 p. m.
[Received October 21—2:16 p. m.]

4235. Embtel 4173, October 18. In further conversation with Dening this afternoon he stated emphatically that Bevin–Acheson understanding reached in Washington would include consultation in advance regarding de facto as well de jure recognition Chinese Communists. Memorandum of conversation by air.⁴³

Holmes

43. Supra.