790B.00/10–1751: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in India
853. Embtel 1378 Oct. 17. FYI Dept believes highly unlikely KMT troops wld submit to being repatriated by any means. Question our position therefore largely academic.
You shld not raise question but if asked you may say that US Govt wld give sympathetic consideration to any proposal that Thakin Nu or Nehru might make for repatriation thru Burm. FYI Dept however opposed to any approach to Thai or Fr with view repatriation through Thai or Indochina.
Rptd info Amembassy Rangoon 365, Amembassy London 2115, Amembassy Taipei 343, Amembassy, Bangkok 888.