Canton fell yesterday. Guo Taiqi called on me urgently today. He was worried and upset. He immediately turned to the difficulties being faced by China. Britain does nothing to help her. The Chinese received merely 36 planes from Britain during the war, and had to pay in cash. The British give neither money nor credits. The United States is assisting China indirectly (by buying Chinese silver, informally prohibiting its industrialists to supply aircraft to Japan, etc.), but this is not enough. France gives neither money nor arms and seriously slows down transit through Indochina. In general, all the ‘Great Democracies’ have turned their backs on China. Thank you USSR – it alone provides real help. In particular, it supplies China with excellent planes.