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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of Chinese Affairs (Ringwalt)
Mr. Tsui81 called at 5:30 p.m. on March 26 by appointment at which time he informed me that his Ambassador had received a telegram signed by both President Chiang and Foreign Minister Wang Shih-chieh to the following effect:
General Thomas, Chief of the Air Branch of the Army Advisory Group, called upon the Generalissimo recently and stated that in view of the serious military situation in Manchuria the United States Government might make available to China twenty C–46 aircraft for immediate delivery in Shanghai or Tsingtao. This offer President Chiang had accepted. Pursuant to this telegram Lt. General P. T. Mow, head of the Chinese Air Force in the United States, called at the Military Assistance Section, Overseas Operations Division, Plans and Operations, Department of the Air Force, and learned that a similar message had been received by that office. It was suggested to General Mow that an official request for these aircraft should be made through the Department of State. Mr. Tsui requested my assistance in expediting the delivery of these aircraft.
[Page 44]I informed Mr. Tsui that I would discuss this question with the concerned officers in the United States Government in Washington.
- T. L. Tsui, Counselor of the Chinese Embassy.↩