893.00/2–2045: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State
Chungking, February
20, 1945—5 p.m.
[Received February 20—2:45 p.m.]
[Received February 20—2:45 p.m.]
261. On February 16, General Hurley made informal oral approach to T. V. Soong in regard to the possibility of amnesty for political [Page 994] prisoners in Sinkiang (ReDeptel 181, February 2); the following day Soong informed General Hurley that he had referred matter to Generalissimo.
Atcheson