A more personal note was struck by Mr, C. J. Chancellor, General Manager of Reuter an old personal friend of Dr, Wellington Koo, who said, "I first met Dr. Koo at Nanking in 1931, when at a time of great crisis and facing personal danger he undertook, at General Kai.shek's request, arduous 's Foreign Minister, I accompanied him in the spring of 1982. to Manchuria, when he went as, Chinese Government assessor with the Commission of the League of Nations upon its thankless and, as it proved, fruitless investigation, "I can well remember Dr. Koo's stanch and proud figure in the streets of Mukden, Alone in a hostile environment he supported with great courage a cause which, for the time being, was so obviously lost, "We are fortunate at this time in having so distinguished a diplomat to represent China in London and having at the same time our great friend Dr. Quo Tai-chi as Foreign Minister at Chungking. This is indeed a tweil-constructed bridge of friend-and understanding between the two great capitals and two great democracies,"
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