893.00/9–1645: Telegram

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

1600. Ward telegraphs September 14 that General Chang Chih-chung (Embassy’s 1589, September 14 repeated Moscow), Minister of Political Training (and trusted advisor to Generalissimo), and General Wong Shu-ming, vice chairman National Aeronautical Commission, arrived Tihwa September 10 and departed September 14. (Sent to Department; repeated Moscow.) Ward states these officials conferred at length with local authorities in light of Generalissimo’s instructions to find solution of internal political problems involved in rebellion.

Hurley