Office of the Historian

893.51/7019: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Johnson)

Washington, December 29, 1939—7 p.m.

245. The Department refers to your despatch no. 180, April 21, 1939,12 and requests that you communicate the following message as from the person mentioned in the third line of the first paragraph to the first person mentioned in the fourth line of the same paragraph:13

“I have received your telegram of December 19 and wish to assure you that officials of this Government continue to desire to be constructively helpful whenever appropriate and practicable and that we are continuing to give close attention to all aspects of the situation in the Far East.”

Please report by naval radio when the message has been delivered.

Sent to Chungking only.

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  1. Not printed.↩
  2. President Roosevelt’s message was delivered to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek on January 2, 1940.↩