Office of the Historian

893.50 Recovery/10–1848

President Truman to President Chiang Kai-shek25

Washington, October 16, 1948.

My Dear President Chiang: This is in acknowledgment of your letter delivered to the White House on September twenty-eighth26 through the good offices of your Ambassador, Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo.

I have given very careful thought to this statement of China’s situation and have again emphasized to the proper officials the urgency of your need and the necessity for prompt action. I am assured that everything possible is being done to expedite the procurement and transportation to China’s ports of the weapons and ammunition being obtained in this country under the China Aid Program.

I appreciate fully your concern and will endeavor in every way possible to effect the full and expeditious implementation of the present program of aid to China.

Very sincerely yours,

Harry S. Truman
  1. Transmitted to the Ambassador in China in instruction No. 213, October 20, with request that this communication be delivered in the manner deemed appropriate.↩
  2. See Ambassador Koo’s letter, September 28, p. 174.↩