Telegram From Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Dated July 8, 194126
From most reliable sources originating from Japan it is learned that a secret agreement has been concluded and signed between Germany, Italy and Japan on the 6th of July, covering on the one hand recognition of Japanese spheres of interest, and on the other Japanese undertaking to advance southward and against Siberia. Please communicate the news to the President immediately.
Since the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the Soviets have repeatedly announced their desire to conclude definite military arrangements with us against Japan. Will you ask the President if he would be in favor of such an arrangement, and if the situation is ripening for a military pact between China, Russia and Great Britain with the friendly support of the United States.
- Received in the Department on July 10. Photostatic copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.↩