894.00/971: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Charge in France (Matthews)
798. Your 1039, November 26, 9 p.m.28 last paragraph. Based upon such information as is now available, we would be skeptical of accepting as definitive any statement that Soviet aid to China has ceased. It appears to us that the question of Soviet aid to China is on a day-to-day basis; and that for various reasons the kind and extent of such aid vary from time to time. There also seem to be more indications that such aid is likely to increase during the next few months than there are indications to the contrary.
It would also appear that, although Soviet-Japanese discussions in regard to a possible pact are continuing intermittently, substantial difficulties exist in the way of an early agreement.
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