Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, The Far East: China, Volume IX

Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270: Telegram

General Marshall to Mr. Walter S. Robertson, at Peiping

[ Nanking ,] 11 June 1946.

866. Please contact Doctor Leighton Stuart⁵¹ of Yenching University and see if he would be willing to come to Nanking for a week or 10 days, to assist me quietly by influencing certain Chinese officials of his acquaintance to a more moderate or tolerant point of view during current negotiations.

I am requesting such services of several others: Frank Price,⁵² Doctor Wu Yi-fang of Ginling College, General Li⁵³ of Army Medical Corps. W. P. Mills⁵⁴ suggested Dr. Stuart’s name. I would provide transportation. Arrival here would have to be during next 5 days.

51. American President of Yenching University, Peiping.
52. Dr. Price had been American adviser to President Chiang Kai-shek.
53. Maj. Gen. Chen-pien Li, M. D., Director of the Serum Institute of the Chinese Ministry of War.
54. Dr. Mills was head of the American missionary group at Nanking.