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Telegram from John Leighton Stuart to Secrertary of State George C. Marshall
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Telegram from John Leighton Stuart to Secrertary of State George C. Marshall
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INCOMING TELEGRAM
DEPARTMENT OF STATE-DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS
TELEGRAPH BRANCH
4
A
Action: FE
Control 5368
Info:
SS
Rec'd November 16, 1948
c
10:50 a.m.
A
EUR
NEA
OLI
FROM : Nanking
ARCHIVES 'MATIONAL AND
CIA
RECORD$
AAN
SERVICE'
TO
:
Secretary of State
OFS
CON
NO
:
2227, November 16, 3 p.m.
DS
DCR
French Ambassador as dean Diplomatic Corps called meeting
Corps November 15 to report results his conversations
Foreign Office re situation Nanking. He reported: (1)
Foreign Office will remain Nanking and missions should
remain to maintain normal contact; (2) dependents should
be evacuated places safety China or elsewhere; (3) Foreign
Office could not "guarantee" safety of missions in case
of internal disorder but would "do its utmost"; (4) Foreign
Office is making efforts obtain flour, rice and coal for
missions but so far without success; (5) Foreign Office.
will supply guards to those missions requesting and will
endeavor take measures which will prevent mobs from entering
areas inhabited by diplomatic missions.
Indian Ambassador raised question of movement missions with
government in event government moves and it was decided that
decision could not be made by Diplomatic Corps but must be
made by each individual mission.
STUART
DU:KC
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652. Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
OSD let r, 2-15-25
By NLI-He , NARS Date 9-1376
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