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    "ocrText": "1941\nApr. 28\nTel. 93 to Chungking\n58\nAdvice that Department regrets Chiang's mis-\nunderstanding of terms in draft stabilization\nagreement; that to allay concern, stipulation\nwas omitted from agreement as signed.\nMay 1\nTel. 157 from Chungking\n59\nReport of conversation with Chiang Kai-shek\nwho expressed appreciation for conclusion of\nstabilization agreement but who manifested con-\ncern over rumors of an Anglo-Japanese \"deal\".\nMay 2\nThe Administrative Assistant to President\n61\nRoosevelt (Currie) to Chiang Kai-shek\nTransmittal of message from President Roosevelt:\nDevelopment of U. S. defense program means that\nChina's needs could only be partially met this\nyear. Belief that statement implying shipment of\nmaterials to China might cause Japan \"to move\nfaster and more intensively than would otherwise\nbe the case. #\nARCHIVE INATIONAL RECORDS\nSERVICE\nMay 12\nTel. 105 to Chungking\n64\nInformation from Embassy at Tokyo that British\nEmbassy had described rumors of Anglo-Japanese\nconversation as 'entirely without basis in fact\".\nJe. 11\nThe Assistant Secretary of State (Acheson) to\n65\nHarry L. Hopkins, Special Assistant to President\nRoosevelt\nInformation that Chinese Government has desig-\nnated China Defense Supplies, Inc. to act as\nagency for securing and receiving aid from the\nUnited States.\nJe. 17\nThe Undersecretary of State (Welles) to the\n67\nSecretary of War\nTransmittal of copy of memorandum entitled:\n\"The American Policy of Aiding China and Techni-\ncal Problems of Methods and Means\".\nJe.85\nTel. 1219 from Moscow\n77\nReport of conversation with Chinese Ambassador\nwho viewed the German attack on Russia as a cir-\ncumstance in which Japan found itself surrounded\nand forced to make a decision either favorable to\nChina or to the detriment of the Axis; who had\nrecommended cooperation between China and Soviet\narmies in case Japan attacked U.S.S.R."
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