17. Telegram 255 from Geneva1
255. From Johnson.
List of Americans handed me by Wang August 2 headed “name list of all Americans in China”. Gives names both English and Chinese and city of residence.
Category (A) totalling 42 names and headed “Ordinary American nationals” includes ten of 13 listed under tab (B) in document “brief biographical sketches of Americans detained in China,” dated July 29. List omits Bradshaw, Huizer and Lai Mee Sen. In addition includes Walsh, James Edward; Kelley, William; Henkel, Louis A.; Henkel, Mrs. Louis A.; Erwin, Engst; Hinton, Joan Chase; Hodes, Robert; Hodes, Jane; Hodes, Billy; Hodes, Nancy; Hodes, Peter; Chaidien, Eleanor; Snek, Hinton Bertha; Hinton, Caymelita; Gerlach, Talitha Agnes; Ilo rpt Lo, Ruth Earnshaw; Pu, Lucille Steward; Yap, Marcelia Vance; Shapiro, Sudney; Rittenberg, S.; Winter, Robert; Tannebaum, Gerald; Kemp, Donald Murray; Cheng, Dorothy Fischer; Liu, Bertha Jee; Wu, Elma Keen; Liu, Grace Divine; Lau, Laura Louise; Chandler, Elizabeth Mildred; Su, Sophie; Liang, Chuan-Ling; Wilcox, Vella M. List does not indicate which persons have applied for exit permits.
Category (B) totalling 27 names and headed “American civilians who have committed crimes” includes 23 of 25 listed under tab A–1 referenced document. Omits Downey and Fecteau. Also includes the three listed under tab A–2 and Mrs. Bradshaw.
Category (C) totalling 16 and headed “Former American captured personnel in the Korean War who refused repatriation” contains following names: Adams; Gordon; Dunn; Fortuna; Hawkins; Sullivan; Webb; White; Wilson; Wills; Adams; Skinner; Pate; Rush; Tenneson; Veneris.
[Facsimile Page 2]Category (D) totalling two and headed “American military personnel who have committed crimes” lists Downey and Fecteau.
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.93/8–255. Official Use Only.↩