The Archive · 1940

In Chungking

Chungking, Sept. 3.

The British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, arrived this morning by air from Hongkong. Representatives of General Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Foreign Office, members of the British Consulate-General welcomed him at the alr fleld—Reuter. port as a result of Mr Soong's malssion, they asserted.

The ' American loan would be} partly in credits and partly in cash and the total sum would be U.S$135,- 100,000, they claimed.

The United States Government has already approved such a loan, the komi-official Chinese sources reported and added that after Mr. Song's return the stabilization fund—would bbe revived, remedying the defects of the old fund.

They denied _eports of a mis understanding between Dr, H. Hi, Kung, Chinese Finance Minister, and Mr, "Soong and predicted that Mr. Soong would replace Dr. Kung as the Minister of Finance because Dr. Kung would resign due to his ill hhealth—United Press.

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