U.S. At War: OUR ALLY CHINA

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have got to get more material assistance, more supplies to China, quickly. I know it seems impossible. It was impossible for China to hold out seven years, but she has. It was impossible for the British to hold out in the summer and fall of 1940, but they did. It was impossible for the Russians to hold at Leningrad and Moscow and Stalingrad, but they did. Now, we have got to perform a miracle, too.

Fourth, we have got to get more political assistance to the Chinese, more spiritual, assistance. They can and will fight on valiantly and with increasing effectiveness if we will make it clear to them that this is a war for their freedom, too. That will save a good many American divisions and billions of dollars.

* U.S. Ambassador at Chungking.

† Who visited China as President Roosevelt's personal representative last fall, helped to establish the Chinese War Production Board.