893.00/15090: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in China (Atcheson)
1036. Your 1254, July 21, 4 p.m. During the course of a conversation on July 30 with the Chinese Ambassador, I mentioned a report that had reached us to the effect that T. V. Soong had sent word to Chungking that an American official had spoken in a rather officious manner about China’s policies as they relate to the Communist situation there. I remarked that I could not understand this and I said that, although some American officials, including myself, have wanted at all times to be kept informed concerning China’s internal situation involving political and economic aspects, et cetera, primarily in order to be currently informed as to China’s capacity for resistance in the war between her and Japan, any inquiries on those points, of course, have not the remotest resemblance to what Dr. Soong is said to have reported to Chungking. Ambassador Wei said that he had not heard of the report, that it was likewise incomprehensible to him.