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595 5.95 48-1 2419 DCALO 7 EMBASSY OF THE DE RECEIVED UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DERIC No. 261944 Chungking, May 27, 1944. 2 13 Subject: Chinese Attitude Toward Americap DIVISI Military Aid to Office of Office of FAR EASTERN AFFAIRS AIR MAIL AND FAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JUN 17 1944 JUN 2 7 1944 DEPUTY DIRECTOR STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Department of DIRECTOR YA of SASTERN HEMISNIERE FC/1/1 DIVISION For MID-R thank ON1-1 CAZ GM JUN 1 3 1944 The Honorablo DEPARTMENT OF STATE The Secretary of State, Washington 25, D.C. Sir: me-wa I have the honor to enclose a copy of a memorandum of May 5, 944)written by Second Secretary John S. Service on detail to General Stilwell's staff, in regard to the attitude of General Ho Ying-chin, Chief of Staff and Minister of War, toward American military aid to China. Summary of Memorandum. During a meeting of the Standing Committee of the People's Political Counoil several weeks ago, General Ho stated that American military aid to China has so far been very slight as most of the supplies transported by plane from India go to the U. S. 14th Air Force and to General Stil- well's forces, the Chinese receiving very little and that being for the most part comunioations and med- ical supplies. American aid to China is given on a very different basis from that to Russia. The Soviet Union presents a list of her needs to the American authorities and materials are turned over to the mm, Russians without conditions. Americans wish to decide Chinese needs, to train Chinese troops and to control Chinese armies through liaison officers. End of Sumary. SACHIVES NATIONAL SERVICE and AND RECORDS The question of American assistance to China is one on which oven the usually reasonable Chinese friends of the United States are apt to display an unreasonable attitude. The less friendly and chauvin- istic Chinese tend to be insistent in their demands that more American aid be forthooming and to be orit- ical of the failure of the United States to provide more planes and other war materials. Other examples of this attitude are contained in utterances by the Government spokesmen at the weekly prese conferences and in editorial comment by the Ghinese press. Dr. P. Counselor of the Executive Yuan aqting as the press conference on PRODUCTION SECTION JUL 1 1944 at the May 10 1944 Department of State es Not printed.

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