FROM ALUSNA, CHUNGKING                  OPNAV
 
DATE    DEC 19, 1941.
 
PARAPHRASED BY R.V. ROBINSON
 
 
PART 2 OF 4 PARTS; PERSONAL FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
 
     FOR THE CHINESE GROUND FORCES LIGHTER ARMAMENT MUST ALSO
COME QUICKLY FROM EXISTING SUPPLIES AND THE CHINESE NOTIFIED FOR THE
 
ONLY POSSIBLE  FIELD FOR FINAL DEFEAT OF JAPAN4ESE ARMY IS IN CH I NA.
THE PRESENT EXPECTATIONS OF USEFUL ACTIVITY BY THE CHINESE ARE ILL-
 
CONCEIVED DUE TO THEIR SHORTAGE OF EQUIPMENT, POOR CONDITION OF
THEIR TROOPS, AND THEIR FEAR OF LOSING WHAT EQUIPMENT REMAINS TO
THEM.
 
GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI CHEK'S ORDERS FOR COUNTER-ATTACKS CAN NOT
BE EFFECTIVELY EXECUTED, AND THE OPERATIONS WHICH ARE BEING SO
WIDELY
 
HAILED IN THE PRESS ARE LARGELY ILLUSORY. DUE TO THE EVENTS OF THE
PAST WEEK THERE IS A DANGEROUS UNDER-CURRENT IN CERTAIN POWERFUL
 
OFFICIAL CIRCLES WHICH DEPRECATES AMERICAN AND ENGLISH PRESTIGE
AND OUR ABILITY TO WIN THIS WAR. THAT IT IS ALREADY TOO LATE IS
 
EVEN BEING SAID BY SOME.
 
               (PART 3 WILL FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY)
 
 
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