Office of the Historian

376. Telegram 1272 to Geneva1

Washington, November 17, 1955, 7:49 p.m.
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1272. For Johnson. Your 1186.

AP Tokyo reports Peiping broadcast November 17 announcing release Mrs. Bradshaw, White and Garvey. No confirmation yet but presume will be confirmed due course. View this news believe inadvisable use text article your 1186 Ford column Friday. It would require extensive revision and would be considerably weakened well as overshadowed by news of release three Americans.

Hoover
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.93/11–1655. Official Use Only. Drafted by Clough; cleared by Lindbeck, Robertson, and Sebald.↩