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(Untitled), 17 Apr 1942

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/73/120-123

Scope and Contents

Typescript copy of letter from Vi Wellington Koo [Chinese Ambassador to Britain] to WSC containing the text of a telegram from Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese Nationalist leader] to WSC commenting on his recent visit to Burma [later Myanmar]: comments on the scene of "desolation and disorder" in Mandalay; comments on the superiority of the enemy in the air; comments on the dangers of defeat in Burma and appeals for reinforcements of air power. [See CHAR 20/74/39-40 for WSC's reply].

Dates

  • Creation: 17 Apr 1942

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

Open

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

T 585/2

Repository Details

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