Office of the Historian

Aid to China under the Lend-Lease program 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1942, China, pp. 573–590.

The operation of Lend-Lease was a function of the Lend-Lease Administration and the role of the Department of State was one of consultation. The documents here published, therefore, show only some aspects of Lend-Lease aid to China.

[424] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, January 5, 1943—1 p.m.
[Received 4:57 p.m.]

893.24/1482: Telegram

[425] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

Washington, January 5, 1943—4 p.m.

893.515/1545b: Telegram

[427] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

Washington, February 10, 1943—10 p.m.

893.24/1527a: Telegram

[428] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

Washington, February 11, 1943—6 p.m.

893.24/1527a: Telegram

[430] Memorandum by the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)

[Washington,] February 20, 1943.

893.24/1581

[431] The Chargé in China (Vincent) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, March 15, 1943.
[Received 12:10 p.m.]

893.24/1548: Telegram

[432] The Chargé in China (Vincent) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, March 20, 1943.
[Received 9:44 a.m.]

893.24/1556: Telegram

[433] The British Embassy to the Department of State

Washington , July 27, 1943.

893.24/1655

[435] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

Washington, September 16, 1943—6 p.m.

893.24/1656a: Telegram

[437] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, September 23, 1943—2 p.m.
[Received September 24—2:52 a.m.]

893.24/1660: Telegram

[440] The Department of State to the British Embassy

Washington , November 27, 1943.

893.24/1655