Office of the Historian

393.115/12–949: Telegram

The Chargé in China (Strong) to the Secretary of State

Hong Kong, December 9, 1949—3 p. m.
[Received December 9—7:33 a. m.]

Cantel 1331. Foreign Minister Yeh on December 8 stated Chinese Navy and CAF were permitting SS Sir John Franklin (Cantel 1324, December 5, repeated Taipei 234, Shanghai 576) leave Shanghai unmolested only as an exception at US request; not to be regarded as precedent; Chinese Navy considerably incensed at Isbrandtsen.

Sent Department Cantel 1331, repeated Shanghai 579, Taipei 239, Hong Kong by hand.

Strong