Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, The Far East: China, Volume IX

661.9331/10–749: Telegram

The Consul General at Tientsin (Smyth) to the Secretary of State

Tientsin, October 7, 1949—1 p. m.
[Received October 9—7:17 a. m.]

823. … Machinery now arriving in Mukden from Russia, in return for soya beans under barter agreement with Chinese Communists, is same machinery taken away from Manchuria by Russians in 1945. Engineer, who is familiar with machinery, says it is packed in same boxes as when taken away.

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Smyth