893.01A/165: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)
108. Please communicate the following from Currie to General Chiang Kai-shek.
“Dear General Chiang: The President has been pleased to give careful consideration to your request for assistance in securing a political adviser and now suggests for consideration Owen Lattimore, Director of the Page School of International Relations of Johns Hopkins University, as a person admirably equipped for the post. Should you care to act upon this suggestion it is assumed that you will do so through your Embassy here. It would be expected that Dr. Lattimore would serve as a private citizen and not in any way as a representative of the United States Government. An early response will be appreciated, as Dr. Lattimore is scheduled to give a course of lectures starting June 9. Currie.”