893.51/7441: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)
229. Your 276, March 25, 6 p.m., paragraph numbered 1. Please convey to Dr. Kung the following message from the President:
“I have received and I thank you for your message of March 24, telegraphed through Ambassador Gauss, in regard to the conclusion of the agreement extending $500,000,000 of financial aid to China. I am glad indeed that, in times which call for forthright and prompt action, our two Governments have been able to consummate expeditiously a negotiation of such importance; and I am confident that the beneficial results of our cooperative effort toward a common end will measure up to the expectations of the Government and people of China as well as those of the Government and people of the United States.”