Office of the Historian

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

Generalissimo Chiang to President Roosevelt1

[Chungking, undated (?).]2

President Roosevelt Washington DC. Your telegram of 4th July3 has been received. And I am in full accord with your suggestions. Madame Chiang has informed me in detail of her conversations with you. I am delighted with the results and that we see eye to eye on many questions. I anticipate with pleasure our meeting in the near future. For many years I have been wishing that we could discuss together in person various problems of mutual interest. I venture to suggest that any time after September [which?] would be most convenient and suitable to you would be possible for me. Should necessity arise, however, for our meeting before then, I should appreciate your letting me know at least a fortnight in advance of my departure.

Chiang Kai-shek
  1. Sent by Stilwell, via Army channels, in a secret and urgent message, numbered 630, “for the eyes of Gen Marshall alone”.↩
  2. Stilwell’s message is dated at Chungking, July 9, 1943.↩
  3. Presumably the message of June 30, 1943, ante, p. 13.↩