740.0011 P.W./7–945: Telegram
President Chiang Kai-shek to President Truman 63
The President: In the name of the Chinese Government and people, I thank Your Excellency most sincerely for the cordial message you sent me on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of our war of resistance against Japan. Looking back over the long years of our struggle, we feel extremely grateful to the Government and people of the United States for the generous sympathy and assistance they have extended to China. We honor the brave men of your armed forces who have helped to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny and whose unsurpassed heroism will again be one of the most important factors in the achievement of our common victory over Japan. On this solemn occasion when the Chinese people rededicate themselves to the sacred cause of freedom and justice, we wish to reaffirm to our American allies our warm friendship as well as our determination to play our part in the realization of those noble ideals which have been written into the United Nations Charter signed at San Francisco.
- Copy transmitted to the Chief of Protocol by the White House Executive Clerk on July 9.↩