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

893.24 FLC/11–2945

Mr. John K. Howard to Mr. Thomas B. McCabe

Shanghai, 29 November 1945.

CFBX 16087. This answers urad Warx 84913.⁸³ Part. 1. Answer withheld until present negotiations with Chinese Government on West China property are completed. We are working with Army, State and Treasury Departments on this matter. Part 2. We have no moral commitment China on property referred to, it having been offered and turned down. We recommend that supplies referred to in part 2 be disposed of by Schleiter, FLC, and he is being so informed today. There is a market for these supplies in India. Part 3. No immediate answer yet.

83. November 23, p. 1183.