Office of the Historian

893.01/10–2849: Telegram

The Consul General at Peiping (Clubb) to the Secretary of State

Peiping, October 28, 1949.
[Received October 28—8:04 a. m.]

1843. Jen Min Jih Pao October 26 reported State Administration Council held second meeting October 25 with Premier Chou En-lai presiding and all members present except Tseng Shan. Principal decisions passed were:

(1)
Committee headed by Chen Yun and including Tung Pi-wu, Shao Li-tzu, Huang Shao-hsiung, Chang Nai-chi, five others set up for taking over personnel, files, and property of former Kmt Central Government organs.
(2)
To request chairman of Central People’s Government37 to issue order winding up work of North Chinese People’s Government.

Organs of the new Central Government will set up their respective working organs on foundation of organs of North China Government and will officially begin work November 1. Five provinces (Hopei, Shansi, Chahar, Suiyuan, Pingyuan) and two municipalities (Peiping, Tientsin) formerly under North China Government will now come under direct administration Central Government.

Sent Department; repeated Shanghai 1109. Mail to Tientsin.

Clubb
  1. Mao Tse-tung.↩