Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The Far East, Volume V

740.0011 P. W/974: Telegram

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

Chungking, December 11, 1941—10 a.m.
[Received 5:21 p.m.]

485. By proclamation dated December 9th the National Government of China “formally declares war on Japan” and by separate proclamation same date declares that “a state of war exists” between China and Germany and Italy “as from midnight December 9”.

Gauss