893.01A/164
The Secretary of State to President Roosevelt
Memorandum for the President:
Reference your confidential memorandum of May 19.74
The Chinese Government has in the past appointed various Americans to serve it as political advisers. Most of such advisers have been persons who were outstanding in the field of political science. Owen Lattimore is well and pleasantly known to a number of my associates and I perceive no objection to the Chinese Government’s, should that Government so desire, appointing Mr. Lattimore to the position mentioned. It is assumed that Mr. Lattimore would of course in any such position function as a private American citizen and not as an official of this Government.
Your file is returned herewith.