893.50 Recovery/7–348: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 3—7:20 a.m.]
1224. Following is Ambassador’s statement at signing of China Aid Agreement, 3:15 p.m., July 3:
“It is to me a source of great satisfaction, as I know it is to the American people, that an agreement has been signed today between the United States and China whereby the United States agrees to provide assistance to China in its struggle to regain the normal life which was destroyed by years of devastating war. The people of the United States are fully aware of the tremendous sacrifices made by China in our common struggle against Japan. The people of the US are fully aware that there can be no prospect of a just and lasting peace as long as there is violence in any part of the world or as long as any nation is denied an opportunity for earning a decent livelihood of its own and thereby enabled to take a self-respecting part in the affairs of the world. It is the desire of the people of the US to help the people of China help themselves achieve this position of peace, prosperity and human dignity. It is also our earnest wish that this agreement will be another powerful and lasting link in the chain of friendship and co-operation which have so long been the most distinguishing marks of the relations between the US and China.”