711.93/543: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)
1845. There is being transmitted by separate telegram14 a summary of New York Times article by Nathaniel Peffer, referred to in your 2422 of December 15, and full text is being forwarded by air pouch.15
Peffer’s article is restrained in tone and is in fact a plea for a balanced view and for the exercise of forbearance in discussions of American-Chinese relations. In achieving this balance the author has spoken frankly, but the Department does not consider that the article is unfair to China or overdrawn, although certain passages, especially the references to Madame Chiang, are perhaps not in the best of taste.
Department will endeavor to supply the Embassy by telegraph with summaries of articles published in the United States containing criticism of China deemed to have a controversial character. OWI states that copies of Peffer and other critical articles had already been sent by air mail to Fisher, who will doubtless be willing to make similar material available to you in future.