Military aid to China: Chinese requests for ammunition and military matériel and equipment; lifiting of embargo on arms shipments to China; attempts to speed flow of supplies to China1
1. For previous correspondence on the subject of aid to China, see Foreign Relations, 1946, vol. x, pp. 724 ff.
[644] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Stuart)
Washington, April 11,
1947—6 p.m.
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[645] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Acting Secretary of State
Moscow, April 15,
1947—4 p.m.
[Received April 15—9:33 a.m.]
[Received April 15—9:33 a.m.]
893.24/4–1547: Telegram
[646] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Deputy Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Penfield)
[Washington,] April 16, 1947.
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[647] Memorandum by Brigadier General T. S. Timberman, U. S. Army Representative in the Embassy Executive Office, to the Minister-Counselor of Embassy in China (Butterworth)
Nanking, 22 April
1947.
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[648] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of Chinese Affairs (Ringwalt)
[Washington,] April 22, 1947.
893.24/4–2247
[649] The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
Nanking, April 28,
1947—midnight.
[Received April 29—1:30 a.m.]
[Received April 29—1:30 a.m.]
893.00/4–2847: Telegram
[650] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Vincent) to the Secretary of State
[Washington,] May 2, 1947.
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[651] The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
Nanking, May 4,
1947—noon.
[Received May 4—5:30 a.m.]
[Received May 4—5:30 a.m.]
893.00/5–447: Telegram
[652] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Chinese Affairs (Ringwalt) to the Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Vincent)
[Washington,] May 5, 1947.
893.24/5–547
[653] Memorandum by the Chief of the Munitions Division (Cummins) to Colonel J. E. Bastion of the War Department
[Washington,] May 20, 1947.
711.00111 Armament Control Military Secrets/4–847
[654] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Vincent)
[Washington,] May 26, 1947.
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[655] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Chinese Affairs (Ringwalt)
[Washington,] May 28, 1947.
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[656] The Chargé in Belgium (Achilles) to the Secretary of State
Brussels, May 28, 1947—8
p.m.
[Received May 28—4:34 p.m.]
[Received May 28—4:34 p.m.]
893.24/5–2847: Telegram
[657] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of Chinese Affairs (Ringwalt)
[Washington,] May 29, 1947.
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[658] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Chinese Affairs (Ringwalt) to the Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Vincent)
[Washington,] June 3, 1947.
893.00/5–847
[659] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Belgium (Kirk)
Washington, June 4, 1947—7
p.m.
893.24/5–2847: Telegram
[660] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of Chinese Affairs (Ringivalt)
[Washington,] June 9, 1947.
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[661] Memorandum by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee
Washington, 9 June
1947.
SWNCC Files, Lot 52M45
[662] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Stuart)
Washington, June 11,
1947—4 p.m.
893.24/6–1147: Telegram
[663] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Vincent) to the Secretary of State
[Washington,] June 20, 1947.
SWNCC Files, Lot 52M45
[664] Minutes of Meeting of the Secretaries of State, War, and Navy, June 26, 1947—11:30 a.m.
June 26, 1947, 11:30 a.m.
SWNCC Files, Lot 52M45
[665] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State
[Washington,] June 27, 1947.
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[666] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Vincent)
[Washington,] June 27, 1947.
Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270
[667] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Acheson) to the Secretary of State
undated
Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270
[668] The Assistant Secretary of War (Petersen) to the Secretary of State
Washington, 1 July
1947.
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[669] The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
Nanking, July 2,
1947.
[Received July 14—8:48 a.m.]
[Received July 14—8:48 a.m.]
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[670] The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
Nanking, July 7,
1947.
[Received July 16—10:17 a.m.]
[Received July 16—10:17 a.m.]
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[671] The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
Nanking, July 7,
1947.
[Received July 17.]
[Received July 17.]
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[672] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Chinese Affairs (Ringwalt) to Brigadier General Marshall S. Carter
[Washington,] July 11, 1947.
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[673] The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
Nanking, July 11,
1947—7 p.m.
[Received July 11—10 a.m.]
[Received July 11—10 a.m.]
893.00/7–1147: Telegram