Editorial Note

No official record of the substance of the discussion at this meeting has been found. The information set forth above is derived from the President’s appointment calendar (Roosevelt Papers). Soong’s memorandum to Hopkins, June 25, 1942, post, p. 480, indicates that the matter of opening a land route to China was one of the topics under consideration. For Soong’s request to be allowed to participate in those discussions between Roosevelt and Churchill that concerned China, see Soong’s memorandum of June 20, 1942, to Hopkins, post, p. 463.