740.0011 PW/8–345: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Hurley)
Washington, August 6,
1945—11 a.m.
1204. The following telegram has been received from the Secretary in reply to your No. 1279:80
“By direction of the President, please inform Chiang Kai-shek that no American officers will be assigned to high command in the China Theater who are objectionable to him.
General Stilwell will not be assigned to the China Theater.”
Grew