Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270: Telegram
Major General S. L. Howard, U. S. M. C., to the Commander of the Seventh Fleet (Cooke)
[Tientsin
] 23
October 1946.
220628Z. Executive Headquarters does not wish to send team into Tangku area for rescue of two Marines. Request for rescue has been addressed to both Nationalist and Communist representatives at Executive Hqs. Nationalist Headquarters state they have initiated action. Communist Hqs. state they will forward the request to Yenan.