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

693.119/4–2549: Telegram

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

Shanghai , April 25, 1949—5 p. m.
[Received April 26—1:05 p. m.]

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

49. Not printed.
50. Chinese Communists occupied Nanking the previous day.
51. Neither printed; they reported on specific export licenses validated and withheld by the Department of Commerce.