893.002/2–2549: Telegram
The Consul General at Taipei ( Krentz ) to the Secretary of State
Taipei
, February 25,
1949—5 p. m.
[Received 9:04 p. m.]
[Received 9:04 p. m.]
52. Chen Cheng is now governing by a kitchen cabinet of generals, notably Lo Cho-ying, with nominal department heads ineffective, frustrated while deterioration all fields visible daily.
Repeated Embassy 45.
Krentz