Telegram from Edwin A. Locke, Jr. to A.T. Kearney

NAVAL MESSAGE NAVY DEPAR7 ENT DRAFTER EXTENSION NUMBER ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 EDWIN A LOCKE JR 2 FROM "NATIONAL MR A T KEARNEY PRIORITY P 3 RELEASED BY Whocker Jo. ARCHIVES ANU JRDS AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION 4 ROUTINE 1: SERVICE CHUNGKING CHINA 5 DATE 22 MAY 1945 GOVERN 6 Rdo Changing DEFERRED 7 KKMOV 8 JEROOM DECLASSIFIED by authority of 9 DEPT. OF COMMERCE PRIORITY DECODED BY 10 GT.C. TO NARP 11-15-27 MCMO FROM NC 11 TYPED ROUTINE BY NLT 4.12.73 22 12 Initials BYZDate5/21/M DEFERRED 13 ROUTED 14 SMFHY 15 THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. 7666 IF OPERATIONAL 16 CHECK BELOW 222150 17 18 19 ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME: DATE 22 MAY 1945 TIME 02150 GCT 20 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE^BEFORE BEGINNING ,TEXT ACTION 21 Mister AT Kranny American Production Mission 22 ChungKing gets action from Edwin A locke Junior x F-01 F-0 23 24 PAW STRONGLY URGES SPEED IN COMPLETION OF RICH'S SURVEY AND REPORT. THEY F-02 25 26 STATE THAT UNTIL HIS REPORT ON KANSU CAPACITY AND RESERVES IS OBTAINED THEY F-05 27 28 CANNOT OBTAIN APPROVAL OF MATERIALS PROGRAM EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED ITEMS 29 F-1 30 PORTED BY GAVIN WHICH ARE BEING OBTAINED ON A SPOT BASIS. THEREFORE IT IS F-2 31 32 ESSENTIAL THAT RICH'S INSPECTION OF AREA BE EXPEDITED. PARAGRAPH. NEW F-20 33 34 SUBJECT. DELIGHTED YOU HAVE REACHED COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH DR. WONG ON F-3 35 F-30 36 THE PROBLEM OF SPECIALISTS. LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLY CABLE AFTER REVIEW 37 F-31 38 OF SITUATION WITH OLMSTED. PARAGRAPH. NEW SUBJECT. WITH FURTHER REGARD F-32 39 F-33 40 TO THE SUGGESTION OF MAKING STRANDED CONDUCTORS FROM SCRAP ALUMINUM, 41 F-34 42 EXPERTS HERE CAUTION AGAINST RELYING UPON CONDUCTORS MADE OUT OF SCRAP. F-4 43 44 THEY POINT OUT THE MECHANICAL FEATURES ARE VERY POOR, THE WIRE IS DIFFICULT FX01 45 FX30 46 TO MAKE AND HANDLE AND REQUIRES VERY CAREFUL ANNEALING TO PROVIDE ANY 14 BQXRB 48 REASONABLE SERVICE LIFE CONDUCTIVITY OF WIRE MADE FROM AVERAGE ALUMINUM 49 FX40 50 SCRAP IS USUALLY NOT MUCH BETTER THAN THIRTY PERCENTOF COPPER. WHEN MADE IG-00 51 52 VCNO SECR Make original only. Deliver to Code Room Watch Officer in person. (See OPNAV 19-67