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893.00/1–1746: Telegram

The Chargé in China ( Robertson ) to the Secretary of State

Chungking , January 17, 1946—5 p.m.
[Received January 18—9:47 a.m.]

124. By telegram dated January 14 Ward informs Embassy that Chiang Ching-kuo left Tihwa for Chungking Jan 13. (Sent to Dept, repeated Moscow as 16.) Ward says Chiang is understood to share conviction that first prerequisite for peace is clean sweep of present provincial regime.

For Chargé:
Smyth
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  1. Robert L. Smyth, Counselor of Embassy in China.↩