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TOP SECRET I-32 DOCUMENT L Foreign Minister Wang to Secretary Byrnes, message dated at Nanking July 8, 1946, contained in telegram 1105 from Nanking, July 8, 1946, 1 p.m.¹ (file 740.0011 E. W. (Peace)/7-846) The forthcoming peace conference in Paris should, in accordance with the clear provision of the Moscow Agreement of December 1945, be convoked by the Coun- cil of Foreign Ministers and not by any four powers of that council. The Chinese Government considers any deviation from this provision not only as an insult to China, but as a breach of international good faith. In agreeing to the said Moscow Agree- ment, which modifies the agreement reached by the five Foreign Ministers meeting in London on Septem- ber 11, 1945, the Chinese Government already showed her utmost cooperation to facilitate the process of peace settlement in Europe. China cannot accept any alteration in the said Moscow Agreement. I assume that the American Government cannot concur in any action amounting to a breach of international under- taking, to which the American Government is a party. DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973 By NLT- He NARS Date 7-20-76 The Department of State telegraphed this message to Secretary Byrnes in Paris on July 8, 2:08 a.m., Washington time. TOP SECRET

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