893.24/6–1246
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chinese Chargé ( Tan )
The Acting Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Chinese Chargé d’Affaires ad interim and acknowledges receipt of his communication of June 12, 1946, in regard to the continuance of the Chinese Air Force training program. The Acting Secretary of State desires to inform the Chinese Chargé d’Affaires ad interim that it is necessary for the continuance of the program that a cash reimbursement requisition be submitted to the Department of State and that payment be made before June 30, 1946 in the amount of $23,811,000 covering the estimated cost of the program. The program cannot go forward beyond June 30, 1946 unless this is done.
General Mow Pang-tsu, Deputy Chief, Commission on Aeronautical Affairs of the Republic of China, was advised of the necessity for submitting a cash reimbursement requisition with payment of the estimated cost of the program in letters from the Department of State on April 17, June 4, and June 10, 1946.2
In the light of our common desire to see the program consummated, it is hoped that the necessary action will be taken at the earliest possible moment to insure the processing of the requisition before June 30, 1946, at which time the expiration of the Lend-Lease Act will prevent the further use of the lend-lease cash reimbursement procedure.
- None found in Department files.↩