Office of the Historian

893.51/6593: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Hankow, February 27, 1938—3 p.m.
[Received February 27—9:55 a.m.]

130. My 95, February 8, 2 p.m.81 I learned from source near Soong82 that C. T. Wang is being recalled for apparently misinforming Government about prospects for loan in the United States which Kung83 hoped to apply to purchase of planes.

Johnson
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. T. V. Soong, chairman of the Board of Directors, Bank of China, and formerly Chinese Minister of Finance.↩
  3. H. H. Kung, President of the Chinese Executive Yuan (Premier) and Minister of Finance.↩