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The President of the Chinese Executive Yuan (Chiang) to the Secretary of State34
I feel deeply grateful for the practical measures which President Roosevelt and yourself have adopted in order, on the one hand to aid China, and on the other, to suppress the aggressor. The loans recently announced in Washington is another evidence of the readiness on the part of the United States to sustain China in her struggles for complete national independence. Every further step which the United States takes in regard to the Far Eastern situation tends to increase the sense of gratitude of the Chinese people towards the United States, and at the same time strengthens their determination to fight on till final victory is won.
I wish to take this opportunity to express to you my sincerest thanks.
- Translation of telegram sent to the Secretary of State by the Chinese Ambassador in a covering letter dated December 16. In this letter the Chinese Ambassador expressed his desire “to join in the sentiments expressed in the General’s telegram.”↩