740.0011 European War 1939/15886: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
Chungking, October 17,
1941—11 a.m.
[Received October 17—10:35 a.m.]
[Received October 17—10:35 a.m.]
420. The Military and Naval Attachés of the Embassy inform me that high Chinese military officers expect that the Japanese will attack Siberia within a few days. This information follows upon reports here, which we are unable, however, to confirm, that Soviet Russia has substantially reduced its Far Eastern army including its air arm.
Sent to the Department, repeated to Peiping and Shanghai.
Gauss