893.24/7–348
The Chinese Ambassador (Koo) to the Secretary of State
The Chinese Ambassador presents his compliments to the Secretary of State and has the honor to refer to the Memorandum of the Embassy dated April 12, 1948, dealing with the request of the Chinese Government for certain types of aircraft under the Eight and One-third Group Program for the Chinese Air Force, and to the Memorandum of the Department of State dated June 25, 1948, stating that the United States Government is prepared to make available to China through surplus channels a number of P–47–N fighter aircraft now located in the Pacific.
Pursuant to instructions, the Ambassador wishes to inform the Secretary that the Chinese Government is desirous of acquiring as soon as practicable the aircraft in question. It is, therefore, highly, desirable that a procedure for the transfer should first be discussed and agreed upon.
The Ambassador will appreciate it if the Secretary would be good enough to authorize the Shanghai representative of the Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commissioner to contact the representatives of the Board of Supplies of the Chinese Government with a view to making the necessary arrangements for such transfer.