893.5151/7–2649: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State
London, July 26,
1949—6 p. m.
[Received 6:45 p. m.]
[Received 6:45 p. m.]
2954. Deptel 2536, July 21, re freezing Chinese foreign exchange balances. Dening,46 Foreign Office, re paragraph 2 of Deptel under reference, states Foreign Office has not been informed opinion Hong Kong [and] Shanghai bank manager and does not contemplate freezing [Page 803] Chinese foreign exchange assets at present time. Believes Shanghai British unduly panicky although easy to say this when 10,000 miles away. Will consult Treasury and inform Embassy.
Douglas
- Maberly E. Dening, British Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Far East).↩