Office of the Historian

501.BB/8–3149: Telegram

The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Holmes) to the Secretary of State

secret
London, August 31, 1949—1 p. m.

3478. Deptel 3047 August 24, 8 p. m.,1 re Chinese proposal introduce Sino-Soviet treaty questions in GA. Embassy officer had informal discussion Dening2 this matter. Dening stated Foreign Office questioned what concrete results Chinese expected to flow from such move. Debate in GA would not restore Chinese rights Manchuria. Therefore Foreign Office did not agree to support or not to support Chinese proposal. Dening, however, agreed debate GA would provide western powers with opportunity for propaganda vs Soviet imperialism.

Holmes
  1. It repeated telegram 436, p. 147.↩
  2. Maberly E. Dening, British Assistant Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Far East).↩