893.51/8–1845: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Hurley)
1297. Please communicate to President Chiang Kai-shek the following message from President Truman (ReEmbs tel. 1386, August 18, 3 p.m.):
“I am very happy to welcome Dr. Soong on his visit here for the purposes indicated in your letter. Dr. Soong and I have already had a discussion of matters of mutual interest and he is now conferring with other officials of the Government regarding specific problems. [Page 1133] Subsequently should he desire further discussion with me I shall of course be pleased to see him and explore further with him practical measures for post-war collaboration between China and the United States and among all nations interested in the Far East.
“Your kind expression of personal good wishes is warmly reciprocated. Harry S. Truman.”