125.643/56: Telegram

The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State

748. Your telegram No. 334, October 4, 3 p.m.

1.
Associated Press report of a deadlock is not correct. Status of the matter is unchanged since Legation’s No. 719, September 20, 6 p.m. We are still awaiting word from Wang both as to his efforts to overcome factional opposition to the arrangements offered by him and as to the progress of repairs of consulate.
2.
My recommendation is that we should not seek to force the issue one way or the other but await the outcome of Wang’s efforts to arrange the matter.
MacMurray