37. Telegram 398 to Geneva1
Washington, August 6, 1955, 2:41
p.m.
398. For Johnson.
Your 328. First sentence third paragraph might irritate American correspondents, and appears unnecessary. Therefore it should be deleted. Department authorizes you to seek Wang’s agreement to remainder proposed public statement.
Bear in mind that you are still authorized to hold backgrounder for American press if in your judgment it would serve useful purpose. Indications here are that Wang probably leaking to Communist correspondents who in turn are supplying Americans.
Dulles
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.93/8–555. Confidential. Drafted by McConaughy; cleared in substance by Dulles, McCardle, and Robertson.↩