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MIN 4 PLAIN LANGUAGE 4 MAY 1945 15 SD FROM: OPNAV TO : COMNAVGROUP, CHUNGKING 041423Z NCR Deletid per maj. Putnam a NOME DIT 258 FROM THE PRESIDENT TO GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK. Please accept this expression of appreciation of your message of 3 May expressing for the Chinese Nation your admiration for the achieve- ments of the Allied Armies in Europe and conveying congratulations upon the success of America's war effort. We join with you in a confidence that upon the collapse of the Nazis our augmented Allied Forces in the Pacific Theatre will hasten the total defeat of the Japanese aggressors and bring an early peace to China. s. TROMIN HARRY S. TRUMAN ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE RECORDS ANO Released from the White House Map Room at 041423Z May 1945: Henry in. Putuan HENRY W. PUTNAM, Major, A. c. and / Return to Watch office when completed It