The Archive · 1929

Gen. Chang Tso-ping's Report

Nanking, Nov. 28.

The Harbin Commissioner of For. eign Affairs wired to Mukden and Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang wired to M. Litvinoff on November 26, declaring his full acceptance of the conditions of the ultimatum, Lit-yin off then sent a telegram to Marshal. Chang Hsueh-liang, to the effect that he had noted the accept-

The Foreign Office received to-day telegram from General Chang /Tso-ping, Chinese Minister to Ger~ many, stating that, acting upon the Ministry's instructions, some time Jago he submitted a proposal to the Soviet Government that either (1) 2 Sino-Russian joint commission be formed to be composed of. equal rat Berne, at the request of the Minister at Berlin, has conferred with Sir Eric Drum: numbers of Chinese.and Russian delegates with a national of a neutral country as chairman to inv kate conditions on the Sino-Russian border, or (2) both sides withdraw troops' to 30 miles from the border to await settlement of the Sino Russian issue.

These proposals have been for~ warded to the Soviet Government mond, and M, Avenol, of the Secretariat of the League, who informed him that three courses were open to China: firstly, the convening of, an extraordinary session of the Council in case of urgency; secondly, submitting the matter to the January session of the' Council, and thirdly, circulating the Chinese case to all members of the League, 4 through the German Ambassador at Moscow.

"The Chinese Foreign Office intimates that acceptance of either measure by the Soviet Government The decision of the Nanking Government is now awaited,. Me while the Minister emphasized China's ardent desire for a pacific settlement and her loyalty to the

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