Memorandum from Acting Secretary of Will Clayton to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Memorandum of Conversation

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DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973 By NLT- HC , NARS Date 6.24.75 September 14, 1946 MEZORANDUM FOR The PRESIDENT Subject: Message to President Chiang. Your letter to President Chiang Kai-shek, aeknowledging receipt of his reply to your earlier letter, was received in the Depart- ment and handed to the Minister-Counselor of the Chinese Embassy (Dr. Tan Shao-hwa) on September 9. As of possible interest, there is attached a copy of a nemorandum of conversation which took place between Dr. Tan and the Departmental officer who handed him the letter. . ARCHIVES AND "HATIONAL RECORDS W. I.. CLAYTON Acting Secretary Enclosure: Memorandum of conversation, September 9, 1946. A true copy of the signed origi- nal, 215