793.94/14154: Telegram
The Consul General at Hankow (Josselyn) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 24—5 a.m.]
4. Chu Teh54 arrived in Hankow on October 22 and conferred with Chiang Kai Shek concerning military and communications between the Eighth Route and Central armies north and south of the Yangtze. He returned to the northwest the same day.
Pai Chung Hsi55 has either left or is about to leave here for Chang-sha where he will direct, it is reliably reported, the defense of Hunan and coordinate the war activities of Kwangsi with those of Hunan.
The Kwangsi troops in the Tapieh mountains commanded by Li Tsung Jen are withdrawing westward to be based on Hsiangyang located on the Han River.
Repeated to Chungking, Peiping.