Office of the Historian

861.77/2654: Telegram

The Minister in China (Schurman) to the Secretary of State81

Peking, August 23, 1922—5 p.m.
[Received August 23—9:40 a.m.]

349. Your 205, August 21, 3 p.m.82 Assertion of China’s unique interest in railway as located on Chinese territory, claim that agreement of Chinese Government with Russo-Asiatic Bank determines present status of the railway, insistence on right of China exclusive of all other nations to administer railway till Russia is recognized and negotiations with Russia when recognized for final settlement of the matter. Demand dissolution of Technical Board as soon as Japanese forces withdraw from Siberia.

Schurman
  1. Last sentence added as requested by the Minister in his telegram no. 350 of Aug. 24 (not printed).↩
  2. Not printed; it requested a brief outline of China’s program for the Chinese Eastern Railway.↩