893.24/1060
The Chinese Ambassador (Hu Shih) to the Secretary of State
Sir: On May 2, 1941, under the instructions of the Chinese Government, I had the honor to inform you that Dr. T. V. Soong had been duly appointed and designated and was acting as agent, representative [Page 649] and attorney-in-fact of the National Government of the Republic of China on behalf of such Government in securing and receiving aid from the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof under the Lease-Lend Act of March 11, 1941.
I now have the honor of informing you that pursuant to the authority vested in him by the Government of the Republic of China Dr. Soong has caused a corporation known as China Defense Supplies, Inc., to be created and organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and that such corporation has also been duly appointed and designated and is acting as an agent, representative and attorney-in-fact of power of substitution and delegation, to act, either through its own corporate officers or through any other corporation or individual designated by it for that purpose, on behalf of the Government in securing and receiving aid from the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, under the Lease-Lend Act of March 11, 1941.
I shall be greatly obliged to you if you will be so good as to transmit the above information to the appropriate branches of the United States Government.
Accept [etc.]