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

893.00/8–2846

Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Vincent) to the Under Secretary of State (Acheson)

[Washington,] August 28, 1946.

Attached is Chiang Kai-shek’s reply to the President.¹² Dr. Tan of the Chinese Embassy has just handed it to me.

My initial impression is that it throws very little new light on the situation and that where it can be considered “encouraging”, in the meaning of the President’s letter to Chiang, would depend entirely on developments during the next few weeks.

I should think that transmission of the letter to the White House under a normal memorandum, together with our comment, will be a satisfactory way of getting it to the President.¹³

I have a copy and shall give it further study.

J[ohn] C[arter] V[incent]

12. See supra.
13. The letter was transmitted to President Truman with a memorandum of September 4, not printed.