Guo Taiqi came over the other day. He complains that the British refuse to give the Chinese enough weapons and aeroplanes, claiming a shortage of their own. In addition, they demand cash for everything. Guo has raised the issue of arms sales on credit, but there has been no answer as yet from the British government.

When I visited Cadogan on 12 January, he assured me that Jiang Jieshi was firmly set against capitulation. Jiang Jieshi rejected Japan’s peace terms, which were passed to him by the German ambassador in China, and is now turning to guerrilla warfare. Jiang Jieshi still has considerable military resources, including his best divisions and significant stockpiles of weapons. Weapons are shipped to him from the United States, Britain, France and, most intriguingly, from Germany, via either Indochina or Hong Kong. Cadogan also spoke with great satisfaction about Soviet supplies to China, and turned out to be better informed on this matter than me…