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

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.]

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