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President Roosevelt to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek 33
My Dear General Chiang: I was very pleased to receive your letter of October 6, 1942, in which you were so good as to give me the benefit of your observations in connection with the recent visit to China of Mr. Willkie.
It was very gratifying to learn from you that you found your talks with Mr. Willkie profitable, especially in the matter of acquainting you with the problems which we in this country face in connection with the war.
[Page 172]Mr. Willkie has told me of the cordial welcome which you and your countrymen extended to him and of the full opportunities he was accorded for making observations of conditions and for exchanging views with you and other Chinese leaders, and I wish to express my deep appreciation for all that you did for him.
I am happy to inform you that Mr. Willkie has spoken in the warmest terms of the fine spirit he found prevailing among the Chinese people. I am sure that his visit will prove of great benefit by enabling us in the United States to visualize more clearly many important aspects of questions involved in integrating our common war effort.
Mrs. Roosevelt desires me to thank you for the message which you conveyed from Madame Chiang. We shall look forward with pleasure to the day when we can welcome her to this country and, I hope, you also.
Very sincerely yours,
- Transmitted in Department’s No. 142, October 29, to the Embassy in China for delivery to Generalissimo Chiang.↩