111.11 Marshall, G. C./1–2847
President Truman to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
My Dear President Chiang: Thank you for your cordial letter of January seventh written on the occasion of the departure of General Marshall from China.
[Page 705]Your expression of appreciation of General Marshall’s assistance is a matter of gratification to me. I earnestly hope that the objectives for which he worked with such great devotion and ability may soon be attained.
With expressions of my esteem and highest regard, I am.
Very sincerely yours,
[General Marshall’s Final Report, consisting of 570 typed pages of narrative, is not printed here. It is a factual account of his mediation efforts and is based upon minutes of conversations, telegrams, and other documents included in this printed record of his mission. On October 1, 1946, he wrote the Secretary of State that a detailed report “on my mission to China” was being prepared for him and that it seemed advisable to transmit the report section by section as completed “as they contain many details which could not be incorporated in my radios which may be of important interest to the Department.” By December 7, 1946, six installments of the report, comprising 31 sections in 476 typed pages, had been forwarded to the Secretary of State. The last three sections and the annex were presumably prepared following General Marshall’s return to Washington to assume duties of Secretary of State. The report contains no over-all recommendations nor evaluation. General Marshall’s final conclusions were made separately in his statement released January 7, 1947.]