Office of the Historian

893.51/7431: Telegram

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

Chungking, March 11, 1942—11 a.m.
[Received 7:50 p.m.]

216. Department’s 154, March 6, 9 p.m. The Embassy is of the opinion that it would be inappropriate to inform officials of the Chinese Government even informally of the situation described in the initial paragraph of the reference telegram.

The information contained in the Embassy’s 176 of March 1, noon, was received from non-Chinese sources.

Gauss