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523 68-2 -2- indicater that he thought that shortly after he arrived in Chungking it would prove pessible for the War Depart- ment to instruct him to present the Semervell-Olay proposal to the Chinese. Mr. Acheson 1e aware of the fact that our own estimate of the situation and that of the Embassy does not agree with the optimiss which Generals Somervell and Clay apparently feel on this matter. I urged Mr. Acheson to be sure to call upon Ambassador Ganse promptly and to coordinate his duties as closely as pessible with the Ambassador. 64

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