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

893.00/4–2349: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, April 23, 1949.
[Received April 23—9:39 a. m.]

847. Posters now displayed throughout city stating Communists will take over administration city 7 a. m. tomorrow. Mob looting continues. City power still functioning. At least four ammunition dumps blown north and outside city.

Sent Department; repeated Shanghai 433, Embassy Canton 293.

Stuart