Office of the Historian

General wartime relations between the United States and China, with emphasis on China’s military position and United States efforts to give military assistance to China 1

1. See also Foreign Relations, 1941, vol. iv, pp. 730 ff., and ibid., vol. v, pp. 590 ff., passim.

[1] Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to President Roosevelt

Chungking, undated

Photostatic copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y. This message was transmitted through Navy channels from Chungking, and was delivered to President Roosevelt in a paper dated January 3, 1942. It was shown by the President to British Prime Minister Churchill. Records of the First Washington Conference in December 1941 and January 1942 between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, with their advisers, are scheduled for publication in a subsequent volume of Foreign Relations.

[2] The Coordinator of Information (Donovan) to President Roosevelt

[Washington,] January 9, 1942—6 p.m.

Photostatic copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.

[4] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, January 17, 1942—11 a.m.
[Received January 17—9 a.m.]

740.0011 Pacific War/1667: Telegram

[5] Madame Chiang Kai-shek to Mr. Lauchlin Currie, Administrative Assistant to President Roosevelt

Chungking, January 18, 1942.

Copy of telegram transmitted to President Roosevelt by Mr. Currie. Photostatic copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.

[6] The Ambassador in Argentina (Armour) to the Secretary of State

Buenos Aires, January 19, 1942—2 p.m.
[Received January 19—1:59 p.m.]

740.0011 Pacific War/1690: Telegram

[7] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Joseph W. Ballantine

[Washington,] January 21, 1942.

740.0011 Pacific War/2070

[8] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, January 22, 1942—noon.
[Received January 22—11:05 a.m.]

740.0011 Pacific War/1720: Telegram

[11] The Chinese Ambassador (Hu Shih) to the Secretary of State

Washington , January 27, 1942.

893.34/254

[12] The Military Mission in China to the War Department

[Chungking, February 3, 1942—10:44 a.m.]

740.0011 Pacific War/1887: Telegram

[13] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

Washington, February 5, 1942—9 p.m.

893.34/254: Telegram

[15] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, February 9, 1942—noon.
[Received February 9—5:51 a.m.]

893.34/255: Telegram

[16] President Roosevelt to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek

Washington, February 9, 1942.

Copy of telegram transmitted through unidentified channels. Photostatic copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.

[17] The Military Mission in China to the War Department

[Chungking, February 10, 1942—12:30 p.m.]

893.248/261: Telegram

[18] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

Washington, February 11, 1942—3 p.m.

740.0011 Pacific War/1866a: Telegram

[19] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Welles)

[Washington,] February 12, 1942.

740.0011 Pacific War/1965

[20] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

Washington, February 13, 1942—7 p.m.

893.20/743: Telegram

[21] The Secretary of State to Mr. John P. Davies, Jr.

Washington, February 13, 1942.

123 Davies, John/208

[24] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

Washington, February 17, 1942—6 p.m.

893.248/261: Telegram

[25] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

Washington, February 17, 1942—8 p.m.

893.34/255: Telegram

[27] The Department of State to the Chinese Embassy

Washington , February 18, 1942.

893.34/254

[28] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, February 21, 1942—1 p.m.
[Received February 21—11:55 a.m.]

893.248/262: Telegram

[29] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, March 6, 1942—3 p.m.
[Received 7:25 p.m.]

740.0011 Pacific War/2066: Telegram

[30] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, March 7, 1942—9 a.m.
[Received 12:20 p.m.]

740.0011 Pacific War/2080: Telegram