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893.00/14959

Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hamilton)20

[ Washington ,] February 5, 1943.

In view of the rumors and reports of one type and another which crop up from time to time in regard to relations between the Chinese Government and the Chinese “Communists”, Mr. Hornbeck and I call your special attention to the attached confidential interchange of telegrams of January 25, midnight, and February 1, 11 a.m., between the Department and our Embassy at Chungking.

M[axwell] M. H[amilton]
  1. Addressed to each of the Assistant Secretaries of State (Berle, Long, Acheson, Shaw), each of the Advisers on Political Relations (Dunn, Duggan, Murray), the Acting Chief of the Division of European Affairs (Atherton), the Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs (Ailing), and the Chief of the Division of the American Republics (Bonsal).↩