393.1115/5–2549
The Consul in Charge at Canton (Folsom) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 6.]
No. 164
The American Consul in charge in Canton has the honor to transmit for the records of the Department of State, in sextuplicate, copies of letters dated November 16, 1948, April 29, 1949 and May 24, 1949,81 constituting three warnings issued to American citizens resident in the Chinese Provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi included in the Consular district of the American Consulate General at Canton.
As will be recalled the first letter was sent on the basis of instructions received from the American Embassy in Nanking and without parallel action by other powers in the area. The second letters were issued as a part of parallel action by British and American Consulates General located in Canton.
The third warning issued May 24, 1949 was issued after consultation with the British, French, Netherlands and Portuguese Consular Offices in Canton. The British Consul General stated at that time that he had issued a letter on May 19, 1949 requesting British subjects in the area to inform him of their plans and that as a result of replies received he did not consider that he needed to send a third warning. The [Page 1260] other Consuls present stated that the number of their nationals in the area was too small to warrant further action.
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