Cablegram 58 NANKING, 4 February 1949, 12.00 noon
IMMEDIATE TOP SECRET
Your telegram 24. [1] What I suggest is a very brief statement on the lines of that in my immediately following telegram.
2. This avoids any detailed references to the existing situation.
I think this is desirable to prevent any possible suspicion of ‘interference in China’s internal affairs’.
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1 Dispatched 3 February, it requested a statement with reference to the present situation, its causes and future.
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[FA:OUTWARD ORIGINAL (TS) 1948-501]