Telegram from Edwin A. Locke, Jr. to James A. Jacobson

5418 NLT-396- SECRET DISPATCH DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE FROM EDWIN A. LOCKE, JR. 1 PRIORITY P 2 RELEASED BY Earlah I DECLASSIFIED by authority of JAMES A. JACOBSON 3 ROUTINE AMERICAN WAR PRODUCTION 4 TO NARS 11-15-72 14 AUGUST 1945 MEMO FROM NL TO MISSION DEFERRED 5 DATE NLT 4-12-73 CHUNGKING, CHINA BASEGRAM 6 Initials BYZ .Date 5/21/14 Alusna churraking 7 TOR CODEROOM 8 DECOD 'NATIONAL COMNAUGROUP CRINA PRIORITY 9 VRGAB 10 PARAPI CHECKED ARCHIVES AND BY RECORDS QWW SERVICE" EVED ROUTINE 11 BY DEFERRED 12 DITTOED ROUTED BY BY QHR BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED TH15 DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS IF OPERATIONAL 15 141610 1030 CHECK BELOW 16 17 18 Originator till in DATE AND TIME GROUP 8/14/45 91610 (Use G. C. T.) 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 consider this top see x Edwin Locke sends to James A 21 Jacobson American war production Mission x COMNOUGHUPHWINA Please THANKS FOR YOUR TWO INFORMATIVE CABLES AUGUST TWELVE AND FOURTEEN. LAST 23 24 WEEK I TOOK UP WITH PRESIDENT POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUING MISSION TO DEAL WITH 25 26 PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL RECONVERSION AND REVIVAL ARISING IN CHINA AFTER WAR ENDS. 27 28 ON AUGUST THIRTEEN PRESIDENT WROTE ME ON THIS MATTER IN PART AS FOLLOWS: 29 QUOTE 30 IN THE BELIEF THAT THE MISSION CAN BE OF REAL VALUE IN THIS CONNECTION I AM NOW 31 32 AUTHORIZING A FURTHER EXTENSION OF ITS OPERATIONS FOR A PERIOD OF FROM SIX MONTHS 33 34 TO A YEAR FOLLOWING V-J DAY. AFTER V-J DAY THE MISSION SHOULD BE KNOWN AS THE 35 36 AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION AND SHOULD GIVE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ALL FEASIBLE AID 37 38 IN THE RECONVERSION OF WAR INDUSTRIES TO PEACETIME PRODUCTION AND THE REVIVAL OF 39 40 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN LIBERATED AREAS UNQUOTE. YOU ARE AT LIBERTY TO PASS THIS 41 42 INFORMATION ALONG TO HURLEY AND WEDEMEYER AND ALSO TO DOCTOR WONG AND OTHER KEY 43 44 CHINESE AT YOUR DISCRETION. WE ARE NOT PUBLISHING THE LETTER HERE BUT ARE MAKING 45 46 NO (REPEAT NO) SECRET OF IT. IN "VIEW OF PRESIDENT'S DECISION BELIEVE IT WILL BE 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