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NAVAL MESSAGE GESUG NAVY DEPART/ DRAFTER EXTENSION NUMBER ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM DONALD M. NELSON 2 PRIORITY P 3 RELEASED BY Erlocke J AMBASSADOR PATRICK J. 4 ROUTINE 5 DATE 14 MAY 1945 HURLEY DEFERRED 6 Alusna 7 DECLASSIFIED by authority of CHUNGKING, CHINA TOR CODEROOM DEPT of COMMERCE LTA. P/C 8 9 TONREY 11-15-72 S. TRUNAS PRIORITY DECODED BY MEMP FROMNL TO 10 TYPED MIT 4-12-73 "NATIONAL 611. 11 BY Initials BAZ Date 5/21/74 e ARCHIVES "SERVICE" CORDS AND ROUTINE 12 DEFERRED 13 ROUTED BY 14 15 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE ANJ AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 16 URTQY CHECK BELOW 441430 17 18 19 ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME: DATE 14 MAY 1945 TIME 01430 GCT 20 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT ACTION 21 from Donald Nelson for Ambarado Hunley F-0 22 23 F-01 24 WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR GIVING A MESSAGE TO GENERALISSIMO ALONG F-02 25 26 FOLLOWING LINES, AND ALSO INFORMING KEARNEY OF CONTENTS QUOTE PARAGRAPH F-05 27 F-07 28 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MY RESIGNATION AS THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL 29 F-1 30 REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH BECOMES EFFECTIVE MAY FIFTEEN, WILL NOT DIMINISH F-2 31 32 THE COOPERATION OF THE UNITED STATES IN CHINA'S SPLENDID WAR PRODUCTION F-20 33 F-3 34 EFFORT. MY WARM PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA WILL 35 F-30 36 CONTINUE, AND I HAVE PROMISED PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO COME BACK INTO THE 37 F-31 38 ADMINISTRATION AT ANY TIME WHEN MY SERVICES MAY BE NEEDED. AS YOU KNOW, F-32 39 MR. EDWIN LOCKE, WHO WILL DIRECT THE AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION IN CHINA F-33 40 41 F-34 42 FROM WASHINGTON, HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE EXECUTIVE WORK OF THE MISSION F-4 43 44 FROM ITS INCEPTION, AND IS FULLY QUALIFIED TO CARRY ON THE OPERATION. HE FX01 45 46 FX30 AND I WILL CONTINUE TO CONFER, WHENEVER NECESSARY, ON MATTERS OF BROAD 47 FX37 48 POLICY, AND YOU MAY FEEL COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN HIM WITH RESPECT TO EVERY 49 FX40 50 PHASE OF THE WORK. PARAGRAPH. I AM SURE THAT THE FINE PROGRESS MADE BY IG-00 51 52 VCNO SECRET Make original only. Deliver to Code Room Watch Officer in OPNAV 19-67 Break person (See Art. 76 (44) NAVREGS.) Proposignatly