Telegram from Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley to President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes
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ADDRESSEES
PRECEDENCE
CHINA EXT.
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RELEASED 20 JULY 1945
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AND URGENT FOR THE EYES ALONE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
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JAMES S BYRNES, POTSDAM, GERMANT.FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM
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HURLEY)
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THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS FROM THE GENERALISSIMO
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PRESIDENT CHIANG KA) SHEM, FOR PRESIDENT TRUMAN, : SAW
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SOVIET AMBASSADOR TODAY AND REQUESTED HIM TO SEND FOLLOWING 28
MESSACE TO GENERALISSIMO STALIN:" WISH TO THANK YOU MOST
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WARMLY FOR YOUR CORDIAL RECEPTION TO DR T y SOONG, AND THE
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FRANK AND FORTHRIGNT CONFERENCE YOU HAD WITH MIM.
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ON THE QUESTION OF OUTER MONGOLI IA WE HAD EXPECTED THAT 34
YOU WOULD BE SATISFIED WITH OUR NOT PRESSING THE QUESTION
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ALTHOUGH BOTH IN 1924 AND IN 1936 YOUR GOVERNMENT MAD GIVEN
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CATEGORICAL ASSURANCES RETOGNIZING THAT OUTER MONGOLIA IS
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AN INTEGRAL PART OF CHINA, PRESERVATION OF THE STATUS QUO
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COULD ONLY MEAN THAT WHILE THE DE FACTO POSITION is TO BE
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PRESERVED THE LEGAL, TITLE OF CHINA IN OUTER MONGOL 1A IS
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LIKEWISE TO BE UNDISTURBED. YOUR INSISTENCE THAT CHJNA
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SHOULD RECOGNIZE INDEPENDENCE OF OUTER MONGOL IA COMES AS
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No. 2 FILE.
No. 3F- - I OR CHARTROOM.
No. 4 SPECIAL.
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