893.00/6–649: Telegram
The Ambassador in China ( Stuart ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 7—12:36 a. m.]
1215. Lo Hai-sha43 June 3 brought message to me from Chen Ming-shu, Shanghai representative of Li Chi-sen, and leaders Shanghai KmtRC.44 Latter has been very active in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canton in rallying Kmt liberals to join with him in strengthening their point of view in prospective new Chinese government. He intends strongly to advocate friendly relations with USA. He has [Page 751] acceded to pressure to go to Peiping because of realization that high policy discussions can only be fruitful at top level. He feels talking with even men like Chen Yi, new mayor Shanghai, is of only slight value.
Chen Ming-shu plans to call on me on his way north. Lo himself was surprised when I gave him facts about US aid to Nationalist Government and explained why shipments of munitions are still coming. During our discussion of Taiwan and US position I remarked to Lo that perhaps simplest thing would be to ask CCP leaders to look at facts. We could have included Taiwan in SCAP45 or even claimed it as our share of postwar settlement as USSR did with Sakhalin and Kuriles, to say nothing of Manchuria. Actually we have even limited ECA activities to a few projects directly benefiting native farmers. Lo pointed out that both he and Chen will have to be very careful in not seeming to plead America’s case before men as suspicious as CCP leaders.
Embassy undertaking to gather some factual material on US-Sino relations and US aid to China to assist Chen in his discussions Peiping.
Sent Department 1215; repeated Shanghai 658, AmbEmb Canton 500, Peiping 200.