Office of the Historian

893.00/10–1147: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, October 11, 1947—1 p.m.
[Received October 11—7:27 a.m.]

2060. Following for President Truman from Representatives Cole,64 Hébert,65 Hess66 and Norblad,67 Members Armed Services Committee, House of Representatives.

A considered survey of Chinese-American interests prompts us to urge extension of immediate aid to the Chinese Government by meeting its appropriate needs from our available military materials and reviving implementation of previous commitments.

Stuart
  1. W. Sterling Cole (Republican), New York.↩
  2. F. Edward Hébert (Democrat), Louisiana.↩
  3. William E. Hess (Republican), Ohio.↩
  4. Walter Norblad (Republican), Oregon.↩