Editorial Note
No records have been found which would confirm the holding of this conversation. The scheduling of the meeting, the purpose of which was the transmission to the Chinese authorities of a report on the Conference, is referred to in Marshall’s remarks during the meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the morning of May 25, ante, p. 201, as well as in the conclusion to item 3 of the record of the meeting of Roosevelt and Churchill with the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the morning of May 25, ante, p. 204. A memorandum of May 24, 1943, from Deane to Marshall, not printed, indicates that Chu planned to call on Marshall at 9 a.m. on May 25 (J.C.S. Files). There is no evidence that such a meeting was held, and it appears probable that the meeting scheduled for 9 a.m. was postponed to 3 p.m. The text of the proposed communication to the Chinese authorities is printed post, p. 378.