Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Harry S. Truman, Ambassador of China V. K. Wellington Koo, Dr. Kan Chieh-Hou, and Stanley Woodward

CONE ID ENTIAL DEPARTMENT OF STATE Memorandum of Conversation DATE: June 22, 1949 SUBJECT: Report from Acting President of China. The President PARTICIPANTS: The Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Koo The Personal Representative of the Acting President of China, Dr. Kan Chieh-Hou The Chief of Protocol, Mr. Woodward G COPIES TO: FE CA s/s Office of Embassy in Canton epo 1-1493 The Chinese Ambassador called upon the President at 12:15 p.m. today and brought with him Dr. Kan Chieh-Hou, Personal Representative of Acting President Li Tsung-Jen of China. Dr. Kan presented a letter in Chinese from the Acting President and told the President that he had been sent by General Li to lay before the President the latest develop- ments in China' fight against the Communist forces. The President thanked Dr. Kan for the letter and said that he would send a reply. Dr. Kan produced two small maps of China, the first one showing in red the territory occupied by the Communists, and the second one showing the same features but with the strategic lines upon which the Nationalist forces could fall back if necessary. Dr. Kan spoke of two recent vic- tories of the Nationalist forces, victories which unfortu- nately had not been reported in the press, and victories which showed that the Nationalist forces had not lost their will to fight. The President said that he knew about these developments DECLASSIFIED ARCHIVES "NATIONAL AND RECORDS E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or CONPIDENTIAL : SERVICE" Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973 AMA, HC NARS Date 7-2076