893.00/15105: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State
Chungking, September 1,
1943—4 p.m.
[Received September 3—9:53 p.m.]
[Received September 3—9:53 p.m.]
1618. Embassy’s 1483, August 16. Drumright at Sian reports having been informed August 26 by General Hu Tsung-nan’s Chief of Staff that no armed conflict with the Communists has recently occurred and that the Central Government still hopes for a political rather than a military solution of the Communist problem. The general impression in Chungking is that the period of tension has passed, at least pending the outcome of the forthcoming session of the CEC (Embassy’s 1532, August 21).
Atcheson