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                            Telegram to the President 
                      from Generalissimo Chiang Eai-shek
                        Chungking, December 24, 1941
 
Mr. President:
 
     The Chlnese Government and people wlsh to express
 
their whole-hearted support of your proposed conference
 
of American, British, Chinese and other representatives.
 
We venture to offer the opinion that a Supreme Allied
 
War Council should be established forthwith in Washing-
 
ton for the speedy formulation of comprehensive war plans.
 
This will constitute a concrete step on the part of the
 
nations of the democratic front to coordinate and concert
 
their efforts against the aggressor nations of the Axis, 
 
and will be a most effective factor in bringins about the
 
early destruction of our common enemy.
 
     For this purpose I have designated Mr. T. V. Soong,
 
newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, as the Chief
 
Delegate of China to such Conference or Supreme War Coun-
                                
cil as you contemplate to set up in the immediate future,
 
and request you to be good enough to notify him to parti-
 
cipate in your deliberations on all questions relevant to
 
the conduct of the war.