Office of the Historian

Mr. Lauchlin Currie to President Roosevelt 3

Washington, May 15, 1942.

Re: Owen Lattimore.

I have received a cable from Madame Chiang for Owen Lattimore, asking him to remain here for the next three or four months to emphasize to our people the necessity of supporting China and regarding her as an equal partner in war and peace.

Lauch Currie
  1. Notation by President Roosevelt: “O.K. F.D.R.” Original returned to Mr. Currie. Photostatic copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.↩