861.77 Chinese Eastern/149: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 31—9:40 a.m.]
654. Legation’s 648, July 29, 7 p.m.35 Following from American Consul at Harbin:
“July 30, noon. Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Harbin, and Li Shao-keng, member of Board of Directors, Chinese Eastern Railway, left the city yesterday afternoon probably to receive Soviet reply [Page 262] to Chinese proposals made at Chang Tso-hsiang-Melnikoff meeting at Changchun. Situation Suifenho quiet although Chinese population complaining to Harbin regarding bad business conditions. Situation Harbin, Hailar quiet, unchanged.
Reported that Chinese authorities have published secret note to Soviet authorities yielding much and that Soviet and Chinese troops have drawn back a considerable distance into their respective territories.”
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