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DEPT. WARS 11-15-73 COMMERCE authority of DECLASSIFIED by OF 4TX. PART TWO TO MEMO TO ULT FROM EXACT TRANSLATION (U.S.) NL 4-12-73 Initials BRZ03105/21/74 (RESTRICTED) PRIORITY SECRET 0 MVHKG (PRIORITY) LOW CLOUDS FF THIS SECOND AND LAST MY TWO ONE XERO SEVEN TWENTY FIVE X TO EDWIN A LOCKE JR THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON VIA ALUSNA CHUNGKING X NEW SUBJECT X PRIOR TO CONFERENCE ONLY WORD CHINESE HAD ON LEN D WAS INDICATOON AMBASSADOR WEI APPARENTLY S THOUGHT HE HAD FROM MR CROWLEY THAT LATTER WOULD ASSIST IN PECURING LEND LEASE SUPPLIES IN INDIA AND INROUTE THERE FOR THE CHINESE ON DOME BASIS ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO LEND LEASE X THIS IMPRESSION CHINESE HAVE IS OF COURSE QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THAT WHICH YOU INDICATED IN YOUR CABLE X SINCE THESE DXCISIONS ARE BEING MADB E IN WASHINGTON EYE THOUGHT IT BEST NOT TO MENTION THE MATTER TO THE GENERALISSIMO BUT EYE AM CONVINCED THAT WASHINGTON IN AMERICAS LONG TERM INTEREST OUGHT TO GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE CONSIDERATION TO URGENCY From Reference No. 210725 NCR No. 2235 To TOX Indicator Decoded by Date 'NATIONAL AND RECORDS Pay 1/2 is SERVICE" OPNAV 19-61