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The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)
The Secretary of State quotes below for the information of the Embassy the text of the telegram dated October 8, 1944, addressed by the President to His Excellency Chiang Kai-shek, President, National Government of the Republic of China, Chungking:
“On behalf of the American people I extend to you and to the people of China congratulations and good wishes upon this thirty-third anniversary of China’s national revolution for freedom.
“Aware of the difficult military situation confronting the valiant Chinese armies, we have especial happiness in sharing with them the inspiring knowledge that complete victory is now vouchsafed and that China’s sacrifices to frustrate the aggressor’s last desperate endeavors will play an important part in facilitating and hastening the final Allied drive that is fast gathering with overpowering might.
“It is a pleasure to reaffirm the pride we take in our deep and enduring friendship with the great Chinese nation and the satisfaction with which we welcome the even closer association pledged for the common task of creating a just and stable peace among nations.”93
- For message from Generalissimo Chiang to President Roosevelt, released to the press by the White House October 12, see Department of State Bulletin, October 15, 1944, p. 400.↩