740.0011 P. W./388
President Roosevelt to the Acting Secretary of State
Washington, July 29,
1941.
Memorandum for the Acting Secretary of State
I note in a number of dispatches during the past week or ten days that Japanese troop or plane withdrawals are reported from several sectors on the Chinese front.
I think we should relay these reports to Gauss and the Military Attaché in Chungking for the information of the Chinese Government, with the suggestion that one or two powerful attacks on weakened Japanese positions might do real good at this time. Possibly you have done this already.
F[ranklin] D. R[oosevelt]