893.44 Chiang Kai-shek/117: Airgram
The Chargé in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 20—5 p.m.]
A–22. There are persistent reports, largely from foreign news correspondents, that Madame Chiang Kai-shek has returned to this country with something of an anti-American bias. The principal basis for this alleged feeling on her part is assumed to be that she did not as a result of her visit obtain from the American Government all that she wanted or all that Mr. Willkie promised her. Other and somewhat vague reasons ascribed are that because of some development or developments in the United States during the latter part of her visit she “realized” that she had overstayed her time and made one or two speeches too many; also, that the unfortunate circumstances of her homecoming after a hazardous and tiring journey during which she was airsick a great part of the time (Embassy’s 1091, July 5, 10 a.m.95) increased her sense of disappointment and frustration.
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