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NLT-407 SECRET DISPATCH .) DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE FROM EDWIN A LOCKE JR 1 PRIORITY 2 3 RELEASED BY s ROUT INE THE PRESIDENT 4 "NATIONAL DEFERRED DATE 25 NOV 1945 ARCHIVES AND 5 RECORDS SERVICE" BASEGRAM 6 iss DECLASSIFIED by authority of 0909 DEPT. OF COMMERCE <K 7 TOR CODEROOM TO NARD 11-15-72 8 MEMO TO NLT FROM DECODED BY BECKMAN PRIORITY 9 NL 4-12-13 10 PARAPH RASED WOODWARD SJOSTEN Initials BK2 Date 5/21/24 ROUTINE CH ECKED 11 BY BY DEFERRED 12 WOODWARD DITTOED ROUTED BY BY SJOSTEN BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED TH13 DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS AOMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 241420 NCR 1568 CHECK BELOW PAGE 1 OF 9 16 17 18 Originator till in DATE AND TIME GROUP (lise G. C. T.) 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 TOP SECRET. FOR PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY FROM EDWIN A LOCKE VIA 22 ALUSNA CHUNGKING. 23 24 25 26 THIS INTENDED MY FINAL CABLE TOYYOU BEFORE DEPARTURE FROM CHINA. 27 SINCE MY NOVEMBER 5 CABLE HAVE HAD FURTHER CONFERENCES WITH 28 29 GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI SHEK PREMIER T V SOONG AND VICE PREMIER 30 WONG WEN HAO AND HAVE COMPLETED 8 DAY VISIT NORTH CHINA. THIS 31 32 TRIP REVEALED ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE CHINESE PEOPLE ACUTELY 33 DISTURBED BY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND RAPIDLY LOSING CONFIDENCE 34 35 IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT THOUGH RETAINING FAITH IN GENERALISSIMO 36 PERSONALLY. I RETURNED WITH STRONG CONVICTION THERE CANNOT BE 37 38 MUCH BASIS FOR PRACTICAL AMERICAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH 39 CHINA UNTIL CHINA HERSELF BEGINS TO SOLVE HER INTERNAL ECONOMIC 40 41 PROBLEMS. WITH THIS IN MIND SUGGESTED TO GENERALESSIMO THAT 42 CHINA TAKE FRESH AND VIGOROUS ACTION ALLEVIATE ECONOMIC STRESS 43 44 AND INITIATE SOUND PROGRAM ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOP- 45 MENT AND THAT HE PERSONALLY IDENT FIFY HIMSELF WITH SUCH ACTION. 46 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-1 OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret" structions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations. COPY NO. 241420 OPNAV 19-78