740.0011 Pacific War/2220a: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China ( Gauss )
218. A United Press report under Chungking date line March 23, published in the Washington Post and other newspapers, stated inter alia that
“President Sun Fo of the legislative department of the Chinese Government today urged President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill to announce a ‘Pacific charter’ which would pledge the United Nations to recognize the independence of India, French Indo-China, Korea and the Philippines.
It was the first authoritative expression by a member of the Chungking government on this country’s attitude toward the disputed question of independence of India.1
Sun’s views were released in a signed article in the official Central Daily News and urged that the Chinese government immediately recognize members of a ‘Korean provisional government’”.
Department will appreciate receiving any pertinent information you may have or any comments you may wish to make in regard to this report.
- Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Chinese Executive Yuan (Premier), paid a visit to India in February.↩