740.00119 PW/9–2045: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in China (Robertson)
1548. The following message from the President to Chiang Kai-shek is sent in response to your telegram 1629, September 20, 9 a.m.
“I have received your Aide-Mémoire transmitted through the American Embassy.
Mr. George Atcheson, Minister Designate to Siam, has been sent by me to Tokyo to assume the duties of Acting Political Adviser to General MacArthur. Mr. Atcheson is being accompanied by a number of officers to assist him, among whom is Mr. John Service. Mr. Atcheson and his assistants will be stationed in Tokyo and will be dealing with problems directly connected with the surrender and occupation of Japan. Neither Mr. Atcheson nor his assistants will go to China.
With reference to comments in your Aide-Mémoire on United States policy toward China, I am happy to assure you that there has been no change, nor is any change contemplated, in this Government’s policy toward China.
Your expressions of appreciation for the American assistance given China are gratifying to me and I assure you that we wish to continue cooperation with you for China’s reconstruction and for building the structure of international peace and well-being. Harry S. Truman.”