Office of the Historian

893.01/5–1149: Telegram

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

Nanking, May 11, 1949.
[Received May 11—1:18 a. m.]

996. Nanking Hsin Hua Jih Pao May 10 carries exclusive announcement of formation of new Nanking municipal government. Chinese People’s Revolutionary Military Council appointed Liu Po-cheng as Mayor, Ko Ching-shih and Chang Lin-chih as Deputy Mayors.

Sent Department 996; repeated Shanghai 554, Peiping 153, Embassy Canton 396.

Stuart