893.50a/156: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 15—1:45 p.m.]
1045. Embassy has received authentic information that Board of Economic Warfare has approached T. V. Soong10 with proposition to send experts to China to consult with Chinese officials regarding postwar reconstruction problems in China. Soong has telegraphed his Government. The source of foregoing is a responsible Chinese official who indicated that Chinese Government is not yet fully prepared to discuss reconstruction problems in any detail but he did not state what reply would be made to Soong.
Inasmuch as Embassy has not been advised of Board of Economic Warfare proposal, the above information is communicated to Department on the chance that it has not been consulted by Board of Economic Warfare.11
- Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs.↩
- In a memorandum of November 19 the Assistant Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Atcheson) informed William E. DeCourcy, Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State (Shaw), on request of Mr. Shaw, that the Division of Far Eastern Affairs knew nothing about this matter. Though at this time the Board of Economic Warfare indicated it was no longer interested in this particular situation, it did show a continued interest in sending some kind of economic mission to China; but no formal approval was made by the Board of Economic Warfare to the Department at this time.↩