Telegram from Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley to Secretary of State James Byrnes

NLT- 127 P SECRET DISPATCH copy 2 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE AMBASSADOR HURLEY ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE FROM PRIORITY 1 PRIORITY 2 THE SECRETARY OF STATE 3 RELEASED BY ROUTINE AND CORDS 4 29 JULY 1945 U.S. SERVICE" DEFERRED 5 DATE FOR DECLASSIFIED by autharity :f BASEGRAM 6 0905 Student 7 TOR CODEROOM 8 DECODED BY READY conf. Val.II P.12% PRIORITY 9 Date 76.73 10 PARAPH RASED CHECKED ROUTINE READY MILLER 11 BY BY DEFERRED 12 DITTOED ROUTED BY READY BY READY BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 290604 NCR 910 CHECK BELOW 16 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T. ) 19 ON OUTGO ING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS BEING BY COMNAVGR CHINA AND TOP 22 SECRET AND URGENT FOR THE EYES ALONE OF, BYRNES SECRETARY OF 23 STATE, POTSDAM, GE RMANY FROM HURLEY. 24 25 26 27 REFERENCE TO YOUR MESSAGE OF JULY 28TH FOR DR.T V 28 SOONG. THE FOLLOWING IS SOONGTS REPLY TO YOU: 29 30 "REFERENCE TO YOUR MESSAGE OF JULY 28TH. WHEN I LEFT MOSCOW 31 I HAD DISTINCT UNDERSTANDING WITH M MOLOTOV THAT HE WILL 32 33 KEEP ME INFORMED OF MARSHALL STALIN'S MOVEMENTS so THAT I 34 COULD REACH MOSCOW SOON AFTER HE RETURNS, SOONG" 35 36 37 38 AS RECEIVED 39 40 41 NAVAIDE(#1 THRU #5) ACTION(AND FOR DELIVERY TO SECSTATE 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret " instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations copy NO. O PNAV 19-78