President Roosevelt to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek 3
My Dear Generalissimo: I am asking Mr. Wendell Willkie to make every effort to visit you in Chungking on his return to the United States from Moscow.
As you know, Mr. Willkie was the candidate against me in the 1940 elections and as such is the titular leader of the opposition. He has given unstinted support to the Government in its foreign policy and in the conduct of the war, and has helped to create the excellent state of unity which exists today.
I particularly want him to meet you and your good wife, for I know that much good will come therefrom. I want him to realize your many and great problems and to tell you something of our problems as well.
I do hope that Madame Chiang will soon be able to come to the United States. Mrs. Roosevelt and I eagerly await her arrival.
Always sincerely,
- Photostatic copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.↩