Office of the Historian

893.01/12–1749: Telegram

The Chargé in Burma (Day) to the Secretary of State

Rangoon, December 17, 1949—7 p. m.
[Received December 17—10:49 a. m.]

550. Deputy Secretary Foreign Office has confirmed the Burma Government has extended recognition Communist China as reportedly revealed by Foreign Minister to press in Calcutta.

Sent Department 550, repeated New Delhi 62.

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