711.94/2091: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
Chungking, November
30, 1941—3 [10] a.m.
[Received November 30—5:45 a.m.]
[Received November 30—5:45 a.m.]
465. My 463 of November 28. Yesterday afternoon I took occasion to say to the Foreign Minister that the apprehension to which he gave expression on Thursday was not warranted by developments. He asked me [to] report his appreciation of the American position, explaining that his concern had not been due to any feeling on his part that China would be let down but had been due to fear that a modus vivendi such as reported by Hu Shih would have a disastrous effect on Chinese morale.
Gauss