Office of the Historian

893.50 Recovery/7–348: Telegram

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

Nanking, July 3, 1948—1 p.m.
[Received July 3—2:43 a.m.]

1221. ReDeptel 979, July 2, 7 p.m.

1.
Re paragraph 2, impossible revise article V (see Embtel 1220, [Page 598] July 3, 11 a.m.). To attempt to do so would postpone signing after July 3.
2.
Re paragraph 3:
(a)
Norm [Term] “United States of America” stricken from article IV;
(b)
Phrase cited at end second sentence, paragraph 1, article VI missing from text. Further “objectives” appear our text.
(c)
Paragraph 7 of annex not in text, but will be handled by exchange of notes to be published.
Stuart