893.01/12–149
Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Director of the Office of Chinese Affairs (Sprouse)
[Washington,] December 1, 1949.
Mr. Graves telephoned this morning and, speaking in guarded fashion, said that his Embassy had been directed by the Foreign Office to inform the Department that Mr. Bevin planned to present to the Cabinet for decision during the week of December 12–19 the question of the date on which the British Government would extend recognition to the Chinese Communist regime. He said that the Foreign Office would continue to keep the Department fully informed of all developments in this regard.