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The Assistant Military Attaché in China ( Barrett ) to the War Department 69
Chungking
, August 13,
1939.
New military air field built by Chinese 30 miles up river. Two hundred twenty-five Soviet planes recently arrived China and less than that number Soviet pilots according to reliable source who states also that 60 pursuits to be allotted defense of Chungking.
Barrett
- Paraphrase of radiogram received at the War Department, August 13, 9:54 p.m., and transmitted to the Department of State.↩