Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley to Secretary of State James Byrnes

NLT-402 SECREY DISPATCH DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM AMBASSADOR HURLEY 2 RELEASED BY SECRETARY OF STATE 3 ROUTINE 4 DEFERRED 5 DATE 1 AUGUST 1945 s ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE" AND DECLASSIFIED by authority of BASEGRAM 6 RECORDS 7 TOR CODEROOM 1223/1 8 DECODED BY GLUNT Coof P 721 PRIORITY 9 10 Initials/He Datef:7:73 ROUTINE PARAPH RASED CHECKED 11 GLUNT ROLL BY BY DEFERRED 12 DITTOED GLUNT BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY BY GLUNT 14 UNLESS OTMERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 011110 NCR 3026 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T.) 19 ON OUTGO ING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 COMNAVGRP CHINA SENDS. THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS SECRET 22 AND URGENT FOR BYRNES SECRETARY OF STATE, POTSDAM, 23 GERMANY FROM HURLEY) 24 25 26 27 REFERENCE MY IMMEDIATELY PRECEEDING TELEGRAM. 28 I AM NOW IN RECEIPT OF THE OFFICIAL REPLY FOR THE CHINESE9 30 GOVERNMENT FROM THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS RE- 31 32 CEIVED AT 1630 CHUNGKING TIME, AUGUST 1. IT STATES 33 "THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT CONCURS IN THE PROPOSAL 34 AND TAKES GREAT PLEASURE IN ACCEPTING THE INVITATION 35 36 TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS 37 AND TO TAKE PART IN ITS WORK, AND IT FULLY SHARES YOUR 38 39 CONVICTION THAT CHINA'S ASSOCIATION WITH HER AMERICAN, 40 BRITISH, SOVIET AND FRENCH ALLIES IN THIS NEW BODY will 41 42 OFFER AN ESSENTIAL AND FRUITFUL INTRODUCTION TO OUR 43 FUTURE ASSOCIATION AS PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY 44 45 COUNCIL". 46 47 NAVAIDE(# THRU #5) ACTION( FOR DELIVERY FOR SECSTATE). 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret" instructions contained in Artiele 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. OPNAV 19-78