Telegram from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley
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OCR Page 1 of 5NLT-343
SECOND
DECLASSIFIED ty autharity of
DKKPK
. ARCHIVES 'NATIONAL SERVICE" RECORDS AND CONT
1945
TOP SECRET
Vol.VIP.f97
9 JUNE 1945
PRIORITY
Datef.7-73
FROM: OPNAV
TO
: COMNAVGROUP, CHINA
0920062 NCR
WHITE HOUSE NUMBER 285, PERSONAL AND TOP GECRET, FROM THE SECRETARY
OF STATE TO AMBASSALOR HURLEY, FOR HIS EYES ONLY.
The President directs me to send you the following message:
QUOTE: You are aware of an agreement made in February that the
President would take measures to obtain from Chiang Kai-shek his concurrence
in the understanding of the Soviet Government stated herewith following.
Stalin wishes to discuss his proposals directly with Soong in Moscow
before the first of July.
1. Stalin has made to us a categorical statement that he will do
everything he can to promote unification under the leadership of Chiang
Kai-shek.
2. That this leadership should continue after the war.
3. That he wants a unified stable China and wants China to control
all of Manchuria as a part of a United China.
4. That he has no territorial claims against China, and that he will
respect Chinese Sovereignty in all areas his troops enter to fight the
Japanese.
5. That he will welcome representatives of the Generalissimo to be
with his troops in Manchuria in order to facilitate the organizations of
Chinese administration in Manchuria.
6. That he agrees with America's "Open Door" policy in China.
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