Telegram from Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley to Secretary of State James Byrnes
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T6 SECRET DISPATCH
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DRAFTER
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ADDRESSEES
PRECEDENCE
ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE
FROM COMNAVGROUP CHINA
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12 SEPT 1945
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PAGE 1 OF PAGES
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ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT
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TO COMINCH FROM COMNAVGRP CHINA. TOP SECRET AND EYES ALONE
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FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM HURLEY.
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ON HIS RETURN FROM CHINA IN THE SUMMER OF 1944 VICE PRESIDENT
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WALLACE ADVISED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT THAT IN HTS OPINION THE
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NAT IONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBL IC OF CHINA WOULD SOON
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COLLAPSE. SUBSEQUENTLY TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS WHO HAD
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VISITED CHINA (BREWSTER AND CHANDLER) PREDICTED THAT NOTHING
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SHORT OF A MIRACLE COULD PREVENT COLLAPSE OF THE GOVERNMENT
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OF CHINA. THESE OP INIONS WERE QUITE GENERALLY HELD BY
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AMERICAN AND CHINESE CIVIL AND MILITARY OFFICIALS. IT WAS
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WITH A FULL REALIZATION TO THIS SITUATION THAT PRES IDENT
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ROOSEVELT SENT ME TO CHINA AS HIS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S DIRECTIVES TO ME WERE PRINCIPALLY
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AS FOLLOWS:
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PREVENT THE COLLAPSE OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
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IN CHINA.
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2. KEEP THE CHINESE ARMIES IN THE WAR.
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No. I ADMIRAL.
No. 2 FILE.
No. 3F-J OR CHARTROOM.
No. 4 SPECIAL.
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