861.77 Chinese Eastern/269: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:53 p.m.]
768. Legation’s 760, August 26, 4 p.m. Following from Reuter, Shanghai, August 27:
“Kuo Min, official news agency, states it learns that the Chinese Minister in Berlin has reported that Karakhan has indicated that in the event of the National Government allowing the Soviet to appoint [Page 307] a new Russian general manager of the C.E.R., the Soviet would be willing to enter into formal negotiations for an early solution of the Sino-Soviet crisis.”