Cablegram 58 NANKING, 4 February 1949, 12.00 noon
IMMEDIATE TOP SECRET
Your telegram 24. [1] What I suggest is a very brief statement on
the lines of that in my immediately following telegram.
2. This avoids any detailed references to the existing situation.
I think this is desirable to prevent any possible suspicion of
'interference in China's internal affairs'.
[FA:OUTWARD ORIGINAL (TS) 1948-501