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The Chinese Chargé (Tan) to the Secretary of State
The Chinese Chargé d’Affaires ad interim presents his compliments to the Secretary of State and has the honor to request the favorable consideration for the continuation of the Chinese Air Force training program.
This training program was originally undertaken as a military lend-lease project and has been continued from December 1, 1945, at the request of the Chinese Government. A proposal has been made to the Chinese Government to discontinue this program unless the Chinese Government submits the cash re-imbursement requisition before June 30, 1946, on which date the present authority for handling the program under lend-lease cash re-imbursement procedure expires.
The Chargé d’Affaires is under instructions from the Minister for Foreign Affairs1 to inform the Secretary that the Chinese Government desires to continue the program and to assure the Secretary that the Chinese Government will bear all the necessary expenses and is ready to make arrangements for their payment.
In view of the importance of this training program to the Chinese Air Force, the Chargé d’Affaires will be greatly obliged if the Secretary could give favorable consideration to this request and inform the War Department to continue the training of the Chinese Air Force personnel under the said program pending arrangements for the payment of its expenses.
- Wang Shih-chieh.↩