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President Roosevelt to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek 40

Washington, February 9, 1942.

We are rapidly increasing our ferry service to China via Africa and India. I can now give you definite assurances that even though there should be a further setback in Rangoon, which now seems improbable, the supply route to China via India can be maintained by air.

The whole plan seems altogether practical and I am sure we can make it a reality in the near future.

Roosevelt
  1. Copy of telegram transmitted through unidentified channels. Photostatic copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.↩