611.9331/88: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (MacMurray)
Washington, August 6,
1928—2 p.m.
261. Your 594, August 2, 6 p.m.
- 1.
- In view of facts reported in your 555, July 20, 10 p.m., paragraph 1, your 556, July 21, 6 p.m., paragraph 3 and your 569, July 25, 6 p.m., paragraph 2, and preamble of treaty, Department feels that in addition to the letter over Wang’s signature you should be supplied with a more formal document expressive of Soong’s full powers, for purposes of record.
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- Inasmuch as your full powers which have been mailed cannot reach Peking for several weeks, you may communicate a true copy of the text thereof, as embodied in the Department’s telegram No. 258 of August 1, 2 p.m. It is suggested that you give this to Tong, if still present in Peking, with the request that a similar formal document issued by the chief executive authority of the Nationalist Government, expressive of Soong’s full powers, as indicated in the preamble of the treaty, be delivered to you. It is suggested that you give the matter an appearance of routine inseparable from negotiations of this character and refrain carefully from imputing any doubt as to Soong’s authority on the basis of credentials hitherto presented.
Kellogg