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NLT-397 SECRET DISPATCH DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE FROM EDWIN A. LOCKE, JR. 1 PRIORITY P 2 JAMES A. JACOBSON RELEASED BY Whoche Jo ROUTINE 3 TRUMAN DEPUTY IN CHARGE 4 AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION DEFERRED DATE 18 AUGUST 1945 No "NATIONAL SERVICE" RECURDS ARCHIVES AND 5 FOR CHUNGKING, CHINA BASEGRAM 6 aluspia 7 TOR CODEROOM DECLASSIFIED by authority of . 8 DEPT. OR COMMERCE Lite. DECODED BY PRIORITY 9 TO NARP 11-15-72 10 PARAPHRASED CHECKED MGMO FROM NL TO ROUTINE BY part DITTOED BY BY NLT 4-12-73 11 DEFERRED 12 ROUTED BY Initials BKZ Date 5/21/94 BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE PNOICATED THIS DISPATCH will BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 182100 162 17 18 till in DATE AND TIME GROUP 18 02100 ) ZIP 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 Topseeret from Edurn a Locke Jux 21 22 FOR THE EYES OF MR. JACOBSON ONLY. 23 24 REGARDING YOUR CONFERENCE WITH GENERALISSIMO SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST TWENTY 25 26 MY PERSONAL VIEWS ARE THESE: I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE FAIRLY CLEAR THAT IN THIS 27 28 COUNTRY WE ARE ABOVE ALL DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF CIVIL WAR IN 29 30 CHINA. ON ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WILL BE NO (REPEAT NO) CIVIL WAR, I BELIEVE THAT 31 32 CHINA'S POSTWAR OUTLOOK IS EXTREMELY PROMISING. I THINK YOU SHOULD STRESS TO 33 34 GENERALISSIMO THAT CHINA'S GREATEST HOPE FOR RAPID POSTWAR DEVELOPMENT LIES IN HER 35 36 MAKING GOOD USE OF HER EXISTING ASSETS. IF SHE HAS THE WILL AND CAPACITY TO HELP 37 38 HERSELF THE UNITED STATES CAN BE OF CONSIDERABLE ASSISTANCE PRIMARILY THROUGH 39 40 AIDING CHINA MANAGERIALLY AND TECHNICALLY TO EMPLOY EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY 41 42 HER PRESENT RESOURCES AND ONLY SECONDARILY THROUGH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. BECAUSE 43 44 OF THE SUDDEN AND COMPLETE JAPANESE SURRENDER CHINA WILL NOW FALL HEIR TO LARGE AND 45 46 EXTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL ASSETS THAT WILL FOR MOST PART BE INTACT AND UNDAMAGED. 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-ILOR CHADTRANI o. 4 SPECIAL. 50 LQSUT KFOHC YXPLJ NWCMX BWPYW ZBOWR 51 52 Handle only i 1 LOSUT KFOHC YXPLJ NWCMX BWPYW ZBOWR negulations COPY NO. OPNAV 19-78