Editorial Note
No official record of this conversation has been found. The only reference to the meeting occurs in the notes by John P. Davies on what Hopkins told Stilwell and Davies on December 6. According to the Davies notes, Hopkins said that he had had a three-hour conversation with the Chiangs on the evening before his departure for Tehran. With respect to subjects discussed, Hopkins mentioned only that the Chiangs had raised the question of the return of Outer Mongolia. This question had been brought up at the dinner meeting on November 23, 1943; see ante, p. 325.
The Hopkins notes reproduced on the facing page may pertain to this conversation.