893.002/12–844: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Appointed Ambassador in China (Hurley)
1661. Please communicate to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek following message from the President:
“I have received through Ambassador Wei your message of December 6, 1944, in which you state that, although Dr. H. H. Kung, your personal representative, has resigned from his concurrent post of Minister of Finance, Dr. Kung still holds the important positions of Vice-President of the Executive Yuan and Governor of the Central Bank of China; that you yourself and the National Government of China still have the fullest confidence in him and have authorized him to continue his work in the United States with which he has been entrusted by the Chinese Government; and that in all affairs—financial, monetary and economic—which he is handling in the United States, Dr. Kung still has full power to represent the Chinese Government.
In compliance with your request I have taken due cognizance of Dr. Kung’s continuing official status and powers as thus defined and the concerned American agencies are being appropriately informed. Franklin D. Roosevelt.”