861.77 Chinese Eastern/510: Telegram
The Ambassador in Germany (Schurman) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 1—1:20 p.m.]
246. My 235, November 28, 8 p.m. Last night at the foreign press ball I talked with the German Foreign Minister. Curtius said they had learned that the British, French, and Italian Governments, although like the German Government approving in principle your proposal, deemed it wise at present to wait for results from the direct negotiations between Chinese and Russians. He added that official telegrams from Moscow indicated that the two sides were not in as [Page 370] near a complete agreement as reported in the last few days in the newspapers.
I conversed also with the Soviet Ambassador and was told that his information regarding the present state of affairs was that Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang had acceded to last July’s ultimatum demands of the Soviet.