Telegram from Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley to President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes

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2 NLT-119 SEORET DISPATCH Copy , DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE FROM AMBASSADOR HURLEY ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 URGENT PRIORITY 2 3 RELEASED BY THE PRESIDENT ROUTINE 4 DEFERRED DATE 25 JULY 1945 5 THE SECRETARY OF STATE BASEGRAM 6 1514/25 7 TOR CODEROOM 8 DECODED BY GLUNT PRIORITY 9 10 PARAPH RASED GLUNT CH ECKED ROLL ROUTINE 11 BY BY DEFERRED 12 ROUTED BY GLUNT DITTOED BY GLUNT BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 251427 NCR 7939 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T.) 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 COMNAVGRP CHINA SENDS TOP SECRET, URGENT FOR THE EYES 22 ALONE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, JAMES F. BYRNES, FOR 23 THE PRESIDENT, POTSDAM, GERMANY FROM AMBASSADOR HURLEY. 24 25 26 27 28 YOUR WHITE HOUSE NUMBER 311 RECEIVED 2035 CHUNGKING 29 30 TIME JULY 25TH. WILL BE DELIZERED TO CHUANG KAI-SHEK 31 32 TONIGHT. 33 34 s TRUMAN DECLASSIFIED by authority of 35 state Dept lts to ARCHIVES ANO SERVICE" KECORDS 'NATIONAL 36 NARS 8-10-72 memo from NL 37 COVERAGE to NLT 4-12-73 38 Initials BK2 Date 5/21/71 39 40 41 42 43 44 NAVAIDE(#1 THRU #5) ACTION(E FOR DELIVERY TO SECSTATE) 45 46 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret* instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. OPNAV 19-78