893.24/1278a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China ( Gauss )
Washington
, February 9,
1942—11 p.m.
85. “Personal from the President to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. 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.”
Hull