795.00/10–350: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
priority
[Received October 3—11:57 a. m.]
813. Although Chinese Communists, like Soviets, have consistently ignored UN character of operations Korea and although Indian Ambassador Peking may be convenient channel to communicate Chinese Communist views to US and other western powers, Embassy surprised that message of such serious nature as that contained London’s 1934 to Department not conveyed more directly to UN or US as case may be. British Embassy concurs our speculation that Chou En-lai’s statements to Panikkar may be last minute Chinese attempt to play upon Indian apprehension to point where maximum profit for China and USSR can be salvaged from North Korean reverses.
Department pass London, Delhi. Repeated info London 146, New Delhi 41.