Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, The Far East, China, Volume VII

893.00/5–2045: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Hurley) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, May 20, 1945—1 p.m.
[Received May 20—7:45 a.m.]

811. If the resolutions mentioned in Embassy’s, 806, May 19, are effectively implemented, thereby divorcing the army and student bosses [?] from Kuomintang domination and providing for popular self-government, a most important step will of course have been taken toward the achievement of democracy in China.

Hurley