693.119/4–2549: Telegram

The Consul General at Shanghai (Cabot) to the Secretary of State

1338. Inform Commerce. Received ConGentel 1153, April 11.49 In view war developments,50 Consul General suggests immediate withholding all shipments positive list items destined Yangtze Valley ports irrespective licensing (reDeptels 559, March 30 and 634, April 1151) pending Consul General’s recommendations after clarification situation.

Sent Department 1338, repeated Nanking 776, Canton 324.

Cabot
  1. Not printed.
  2. Chinese Communists occupied Nanking the previous day.
  3. Neither printed; they reported on specific export licenses validated and withheld by the Department of Commerce.