740.0011 Pacific War/2786: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 3—2:06 p.m.]
995. The Government spokesman in his statement yesterday reviewed the war situation and said in effect that Japan and Germany had passed the highest of their power and that the Allies have now reached “the hour of dawn”. He said, “The little investment of American planes in China has yielded greater returns than anywhere else.” In response to questions after he had finished his statement he further said that he did not believe that Japan would be allowed henceforth to concentrate on any one sector and would not be able to stage a full scale offensive against India. He said that the Japanese in China hence forth will be “kept on the run.”