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important material bearing upon the present Sino-Japanese difficulties.

I am exceedingly obliged to Madam Chiang for instructing you to send me a complimentary copy of the magazine.

Very truly yours,



THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

May 27, 1938

Gentlemen:

As far back as December 18, 1937 you wrote to us to inform us that through the courtesy of Madame Chiang the Library of Congress is to receive a subscription to the Pacific Digest for the coming year. The issues for November and December 1937 and for February, March and April 1938 were received in due course and we wish to write to Madame Chiang in appreciation. Will you not give us her address? May we not have a copy of the issue for January 1938, which was probably forwarded but did not reach us?

Very truly yours,

Linn R. Blanchard,
Chief, Division of Accessions.



THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

January 19, 1938

Dear Mr. Chen:

I have your letter of the twentieth, calling my attention to the new publication which you are getting out, entitled "PACIFIC DIGES" [[DIGEST"]], and which I understand from your letter is being sent to me at the request of Madame Chiang. I greatly appreciate the courtesy thus extended to me and I am examining the December issue, which has just reached me, with much interest [[strikethrough]] ed [[/strikethrough]] and profit.

The plan which you are pursuing of reproducing articles written originally in the Chinese, Russian and Japanese languages, translated into English, is a new departure and one that should be pursued by all those who wish to get first-hand information from first-hand writers about the conditions as they are developing in the Far East. I congratulate you on the service thus rendered to this reading public.

I am asking my secretary to give consideration to that portion of your letter in which you request a lest of persons here who might be interested in receiving and reading this interesting publication.

Very sincerely,

DANIEL C. ROPER
Secretary of Commerce