793.94/16245: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:10 p.m.]
526. My 524, October 17, 7 p.m. At the request of the Generalissimo I went to see him this afternoon and had a 2-hour conversation. The Minister for Foreign Affairs was present. After a preliminary conversation during which he inquired my opinion as to possible policy which Russia might follow and steps which the United States might take should Japan advance on Dutch East Indies, during which I referred to the President’s Dayton speech60 as the latest authoritative statement on the subject of our policy, the Generalissimo said that he had a message which he wished me to communicate in confidence to you and to the President.
[Here follows summary of message from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek which is given in detail in telegram No. 528, October 20, 9 a.m., from the Ambassador in China, printed on page 672.]
Sent to the Department only.
- On October 12; for text, see Department of State Bulletin, October 12, 1940, p. 291.↩