Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, The Far East: China, Volume VII

125.6336/11–1548: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Stuart)

Washington, November 16, 1948—6 p. m.

1635. Following is Mukden’s 573 November 15:

[Text of telegram No. 573 not printed.]

Dept suggests that in event Mukden transmitter closed procedure similar that now used in case messages for Dairen⁵¹ be set up for messages to Mukden, using if desired no signature and predetermined addressee identification. Dept believes experience China network handling similar traffic for Dairen and greater operational simplicity this procedure outweigh possible advantage having encrypted messages transmitted by US Army Tokyo. If Emb concurs it should inform Mukden of arrangements for continued transmission of messages addressed Mukden in event latter’s transmitter closed.

Lovett

51. See telegram No. 1137, September 17, 7 p. m., to the Ambassador in the Soviet union, p. 791.