800.00B Communist International/325: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 19—3:30 a.m.]
1115. Department’s 455, June 18, 9 p.m. My 114 [1114], August 18.33 The article on China is noteworthy since it is the first Soviet press statement openly to champion the cause of the Chinese Communists whose role in China’s struggle for independence is emphasized. Moreover it is more critical of Japan than before [has been] the case in the Soviet press. The article is also interesting in that it attacks as pro-Japanese the Chinese groups which are allegedly seeking to destroy Communist Fourth and Eighth Armies. Finally, while Chiang Kai-shek is not attacked, elements in his following and in the Chungking Government are accused of treason.
- Latter not printed; it reviewed articles in War and the Working Class of August 1, 1943 (861.9111/424).↩