Office of the Historian

893.00/11–1347: Telegram

The Consul at Tihwa (Paxton) to the Secretary of State

Tihwa, November 13, 1947—6 p.m.
[Received November 14—11:48 a.m.]

69. Mme. Hate-Wan, Tihwa zone commissioner, yesterday brought Hereld Estson, recently with other Kazaks at Chenghua fighting, to Consulate. He confirmed previous reports (refmytel to Nanking 401, repeated Dept 62, October 24) of Red Army assistance in recent expulsion by Ili forces of Osman’s men from zone capital, saying that entire campaign was under political direction of Dipshatoff, Acting Soviet Consul at Chenghua, and that expedition had entered from USSR under military leadership (see Tihwa telegram to Embassy 159, April 2149) of Generals Polinoff and Madjoroff.

Much the same story was told by two White Russian “old believers” fleeing from same region who called earlier yesterday.

Sent Embassy, as 431, repeated Dept as 69.

Paxton
  1. See airgram No. A–85, April 30, from the Ambassador in China, p. 553.↩