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SECRET DISPATCH DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM PRIORITY 2 3 RELEASED BY ROUTINE ARCHIVES S. 'NATIONAL CORDS AND DICLASSITIE ty authority of 4 DEFERRED 5 DATE a SERVICE" top FOR BASEGRAM 6 7 TOR CODEROOM 8 laitialsh/v. Datef.6.73 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY 10 PARAPH RASED CHECKED ROUTINE 11 BY BY DEFERRED 12 DITTOED ROUTED BY BY BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE-TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 PAGE 2 OF 4 1313532 NCR 9235 CHECK BELOW 16 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T. 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 CONNECTING RAILROAD TO BE IN A SOVIET MILITARY ZONE OOR TO BE USED 22 AS A SOVIET NAVAL BASE. SOONG OFFERED PORT ARTHUR AS A NAVAL 23 24 BASE FOR JOINT USE BUT UNDER SOVIET CONTROL. THERE DOES NOT 25 APPEAR TO ANY DIFFERENCES REGARDING PORT ARTHUR BUT STALIN TOLD 26 27 SOONG THAT HIS PROPOSALS REGARDING THE PORT OF DAIREN AND THE 28 RAILROADS WERE UNSATTSFACTORY. STALIN DID NOT OFFER ANY FURTHER 29 30 31 CONCESSIONS IN HIS DEMANDS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE RAILROADS AND 32 FOR THE INCLUSION OF DAIREN IN THE MILITARY ZONE SUBSTANTIALLY 33 34 UNDER SOVIET CONTROL. SOONG THEN SAID THAT HE FELT HE SHOULD 35 RETURN TO CHUNGKING TO CONSULT WITH CHIANG, BUT WOULD BE PREPARED 36 37 TO COME TO MOSCOW AGAIN AT ANY TIME STALIN WHSHED. THE MEETING 38 PARTED, ACCORDING TO SOONG., IN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE AND HE 39 40 41 EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THE FRANKNESS OF DISCUSSION AND 42 CONFIDENCE THAT HE HAD GAINED OF THE FRIENDLY ATTITUDE OF THE 43 44 SOVIET GOVERNMENT TOWARD THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. 45 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' Instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations. COPY NO. O PNAV 19-78

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