893.00/1–245: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Appointed Ambassador in China (Hurley)
13. I have read with great interest and appreciation the report and analysis of the current situation in China contained in your telegram of December 24,51 as well as in your letter of December 6. The information you have given me, and your comment thereon, affords me a valuable insight into the problems with which you are faced and for which you are seeking solution with characteristic energy and acumen. China is now and will be in the postwar period of major and vital importance to us. I trust you will continue to keep me fully informed.
Your telegram of December 30 has just been received and is being studied. Your analysis of the situation strikes me as sound.
With best wishes for the New Year.