Telegram from Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley to Secretary of State James Byrnes

NLT-126 SECRET DISPATCH Copy / DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE URGENT 1 FROM AMBASSADOR HURLEY PRIORITY 2 3 ROUTINE RELEASED BY 4 SECRETARY OF STATE DEFERRED DATE 28 JULY 1945 5 BASEGRAM 6 7 TOR CODEROOM 1924 DECLASSIFIED by authority of tate Dept its to 8 NARS 8-10-72 DECODED BY ROLL PRIORITY 9 memo from NL 10 to NLT 4-12-73 ROUTINE PARAPHRASED CHECKED 11 BY ROLL BY GLUNT Initials BBZ Date 5/21/74 DEFERRED 12 DITTOED BY ROLL BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY ROLL 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINTSTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 281720 16 NCR 406 17 18 Originator till in DATE AND TIME GROUP 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 22 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TOP SECRET AND URGENT FOR THE 23 EYES ALONE OF BYRNES SECRETARY OF STATE POTSDAM GERMANY 24 FROM HURLEY(COMNAVGR CHINA SENDS) 25 26 27 28 29 1 RECEIVED YOUR MESSAGE NUMBER 280946 DATED JULY 28 AT 30 2330 HOURS CHUNGKING TIME JULY 28. SOONG ABSENT FROM 31 32 CHUNGK ING. HAVE LOCATED HIM YN COUNTRY AND WILL DELIVER 33 MESSAGE TONIGHT. 34 35 $. 36 37 RECORDO AND 38 39 NOTE: UNDERLINED PORTIONS HAVE BEEN SERVICED. 40 41 42 NAVAIDE(#1-5). ACTION(FOR DELIVERY TO SECRETARY OF STATE) 43 44 45 4€ 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F- I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRIT 5: Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret" instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. O PNAV 19-78