740.0011 Pacific War/3308: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in China (Atcheson)
859. Your no. 1052, June 29, 2 p.m. With reference to statement that the Japanese divisions included an appreciable admixture of puppet Chinese soldiers, estimated at the ratio in some units of 1 Japanese to 2 Koreans and 6 Manchurians, it is assumed that what was referred to was Japanese-commanded Manchukuo units rather than Japanese “divisions”. In view of the political interest which attaches to this subject, the Department would be interested in any further clarification you may be able to make, also in an estimate of the proportion of Japanese Army, Manchukuo Army, and intramural Chinese puppet (if any) units engaged in the operations in question.