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The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 15—2:30 a.m.]
854. Following from Foochow:
“November 14, noon. Generals Chen Ming-shu, Chiang Kuang-nai and Tsai Ting-kai are in Foochow. A Provincial Government source close to those in authority states that Generals Tai Chi and Weng Chao-yuan will soon arrive here. The same source states that a conference is to be held to determine the Nineteenth Route Army’s policy vis-à-vis General Chiang Kai-shek. The same source states that a tacit understanding has been reached between the Kiangsi Communists and the Nineteenth Route Army not to molest one another on the ground that both are opposed to Chiang Kai-shek’s policy towards Japan.”