Office of the Historian

740.0011 Pacific War/3441: Telegram

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

Chungking, September 16, 1943.
[Received September 16—9:30 a.m.]

1727. Emphasis on continued resistance against Japan was made in the final manifesto of the CEC session at closing meeting on September 13 and was included among three most urgent tasks laid down for the party and people, as reported by Central News Agency, as follows:

(1)
China must increase power of resistance in order to win final victory, as only by unification of spirit and will and mobilization of all manpower and resources for the national cause can China effect military coordination with Allies and fulfill its mission in decisive war;
(2)
China must promote democracy in order to fulfill the mission of national reconstruction.
(3)
China must realize Sun Yat-sen’s industrial program in order to improve people’s livelihood.

Atcheson