Telegram from Patrick Hurley to Secrertary of State Edward Stettinius

DEPARTMENT INCOMING DIVISION OF OF CENTRAL SERVICES STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION LFG-636 Chungking via Navy This telegram must be closely paraphrased be- Dated June 27, 1945 fore being communicated to anyone. (SDORET) Rec'a 10 a.m. Secretary of State, DECLAGSIFIED Washington. E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 ARCHIVES "NATIONALI AND 1058, June 27, 1 p.m. BYNITHY NARS Date? 25.75 CORDS SERVICET TOP SECRET. I have been in daily conferences with the Goneralissimo, Soong and Tang since Soong's return. They have been kind enough to discuss frankly with me all matters pertaining to your (*) 85. Soong and Petrov left here together by plane for Russia today. China still desires that agreement with Soviet will eventually become multilateral under the supervi- sion of the United Nations. I am convinced that Sovict and China will be able to reach an agroement quickly. The two words in Yalta decision that are still causing most trouble were those referred to in my telegram to the President, number 101142, May 10th. Chine will endeavor to make terms agreeable to Sovict but under specific definitions rather than under general terms. China wishes to avoid the use of words that are