General wartime relations between the United States and China, with emphasis on China’s military position and United States efforts to give military assistance to China 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1943, China, pp. 1190.


[121] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

124.933/7–844: Telegram


[122] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

893.00/7–2144: Telegram


[123] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

893.00/7–2544: Telegram


[124] The Consul General at Kunming (Langdon) to the Secretary of State

390.1115a/7–2544


[125] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

893.00/7–2744: Telegram


[126] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

103.918/7–3144: Telegram


[127] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

390.1115A/7–3144


[128] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

103.918/8–344: Telegram


[129] The Consul at Kweilin (Ringwalt) to the Secretary of State

740.00112 PW/8–1044: Airgram


[130] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

893.00/8–944: Telegram


[131] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

893.20211/8–1244: Telegram


[132] Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to President Roosevelt

Translation of telegram, dated Chungking, August 12, transmitted in letter of August 15 from the Chinese Minister of Finance (Kung) to Harry L. Hopkins, with the explanation that the telegram had been delivered by the Chinese Minister (Liu) to President Roosevelt on August 14. Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.


[136] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

893.00/8–1944: Telegram


[137] President Roosevelt to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek

Telegram transmitted through military channels to Chungking. Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.


[138] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

793.94/8–2144


[139] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

893.20/8–2544: Telegram


[140] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 PW/8–2644


[141] The Consul at Kweilin (Ringwalt) to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

740.0011 P.W./9–344


[142] Major General Patrick J. Hurley to President Roosevelt and the Chief of Staff (Marshall)

Telegram transmitted through military channels, with direction that “Upon receipt this message is to be delivered to and is for the eyes of the President and Marshall only.” Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.


[143] The Chinese Minister of Finance (Kung) to President Roosevelt

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.


[144] The Second Secretary of Embassy in China (Penfield) to the Secretary of State

893.248/9–944


[145] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 P.W./9–1144: Telegram


[146] President Roosevelt to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek

Transmitted by the War Department to the American Military Mission in China. Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.

On the same day President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill sent a joint message to Chiang Kai-shek informing him of military decisions at the Quebec Conference relating to the Far East. Correspondence on the Quebec Conference is scheduled for publication in a subsequent volume of Foreign Relations.


[147] Major General Claire L. Chennault to President Roosevelt

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.


[148] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

893.20/9–2244


[149] The Chinese Ambassador (Wei) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 P.W./9–2644


[150] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

893.48/9–2844: Airgram