Office of the Historian

893.00/15088: Telegram

The Chargé in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, August 16, 1943—5 p.m.
[Received August 16—2:26 p.m.]

1483. Following from Drumright at Sian dated August 13.

Having just arrived at Sian from Peiping via Yenan, Gustav Soderbom31 reports attending a mass meeting at Yenan, the most significant feature of which was defiance and antagonism displayed toward the Central Government. He states that Chu Teh and Chou En-lai told him the Chinese Communists will not disband and will resist if attacked by central armies which comprise 11 divisions and 2 brigades along boundary of special area from the Yellow River to Kansu.

Atcheson
  1. A Swedish subject who had resided many years in China.↩