Telegram from Edwin A. Locke, Jr. to James A. Jacobson

NLT-406 C MP SECRET DISPATCH DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISKO () MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM EDWIN A. LOCKE, JR. PRIORITI P 2 MR. JAMES A. JACOBSON RELEASED BY Erlock, J 3 DEPUTY IN CHARGE ROUTINE 4 AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION DEFERRED DATE 27 SEPTEMBER 1945 alusna 5 CHUNGKING, CHINA BASEGRAM 6 DECLASSIFIED by authority of 7 TOR CODEROOM DEAT 4R 8 TO NARS 11-15-13 DECODED BY PRIORITY 9 ARCHIVES SERVICE" NATIONAL RECURDS AND MEMO FROM NL TO NLT 4-12-73 10 PARAPHRASED CHECKED ROUTINE 11 BY Initials BK2 Date 5/21/74 DEFERRED 12 DITIOED 13 ROUTED BY 60000 BY BASEGRAM 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THAS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF 00 CHECK BECOW 16 272230 NCR 1758 17 18 Originator till in DATE AND TIME GROUP 9/27/45 02230 (Use G. C. T.) 19 ON OUTGOANG DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT. 20 21 THIS IS Top SECRETX 22 23 THIS MORNING I SAW THE PRESIDENT AND RECEIVED FOLLOWING LETTER FROM HIM 24 25 QUOTE YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION IN 26 27 CHINA BE TERMINATED AS SOON AS FEASIBLE HAS MY APPROVAL. I WISH YOU WOULD GO TO 28 29 CHINA AT ONCE, WITH SUCH SPECIALIZED AIDES AS YOU MAY NEED, TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS 30 FOR THIS PURPOSE. X action games a Jacobson AMERICAN Prod 31 32 mission via alusna Changing from LOCKE 33 ON YOUR ARRIVAL IN CHINA, PLEASE INFORM GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK THAT 34 35 WHILE CONCLUDING THIS WAR MISSION, THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT DESIRES TO CONTINUE ITS 36 37 CLOSE COOPERATION WITH CHINA. IN THIS CONNECTION, I SHOULD LIKE YOU TO DISCUSS WITH 8 39 THE GENERALISSIMO AND KEY OFFICIALS OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT PRACTICABLE MEASURES 40 41 BY WHICH THE UNITED STATES MAY BEST BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THE SOUND PEACETIME 42 43 ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA. YOU WILL GIVE PARTICULAR 44 45 ATTENTION TO THE IMMEDIATE SITUATION CONFRONTING THE CHINESE AS A RESULT OF CHINA'S 46 47 ACQUISITION OF LARGE INDUSTRIES IN MANCHURIA AND OTHER LIBERATED PROVINCES. ON 48 :49 No. 1 ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-. I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 HAS BEEN TRANSMITT 51 BY SCR TOP SECRET 52 KGLNV FEAPP Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret " instructions contained in Article 76. Navy Regulations tori SOWPK UTFXD MMFGM OPNAV 19-78