Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, The Far East: China, Volume VII

893.00/11–1447: Telegram

The Consul General at Tsingtao (Spiker) to the Secretary of State

Tsingtao, November 14, 1947—10 a.m.
[Received November 14—8:21 a.m.]

119. With Communist capture of Pingtu November 8, refugee problem here has become acute. Mayor reports 200,000 refugees now in Tsingtao and more than 100,000 enroute from interior. Ruthless treatment of civilians by Communists in areas recaptured from Government forces is spreading terror throughout peninsula.

Sent at 146 to Embassy, Nanking, and 119 to Department.

Spiker