861.77 Chinese Eastern/293: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 2—9:21 a.m.]
783. My 782, September 1, noon. Following from Reuter, Shanghai, September 1st:
“The Foreign Minister Dr. C. T. Wang, commenting on reports from Moscow regarding the joint Sino-Russian declaration for a settlement of the Chinese Eastern Railway dispute, makes the following statement: ‘The National Government can find no reason to replace the present chairman of the directorate of the railway with a new chairman. A report from certain quarters implying that China has agreed or would agree to such a proposal from the Soviet is absolutely groundless. The question has never been raised and should Russia put it forward the National Government would find it impossible to accept the demand.’”