893.001 T 78/1a: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Schurman)
216. Your No. 328, October 2, 1 p.m.21
In view of the situation indicated in the final paragraph of your telegram the Department desires to be informed when Tsao Kun will formally assume office and whether the Diplomatic Body have taken, or propose to take, any action which would directly, or by implication, recognize him as President of China. In view of the very special circumstances now existing, the Department is refraining from sending this year the felicitations customarily tendered on October 10 to the head of the State.