Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, The Far East: China, Volume VII

893.00/3–147: Telegram

The Minister-Counselor of Embassy in China (Butterworth) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, March 1, 1947—9 a.m.
[Received February 28—9:45 p.m.]

403. I am confidentially and reliably informed that T. V. Soong⁸³ offered his resignation to the Generalissimo⁸⁴ last evening and the latter accepted.

Butterworth

83. President of the Chinese Executive Yuan.
84. Chiang Kai-shek, President of the National Government of the Republic of China.