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NAVAL MESSAGE
NAVY DEPARTM'
DRAFTER
EXTENSION NUMBER
ADDRESSEES
PRECEDENCE
1
ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE
FROM
DONALD M. NELSON
ALIUSNA
2
PRIORITY P
MR. A. T. KEARNEY
3
RELEASED BY Estocket
THE NELSON MISSION
4
ROUTINE
CHUNGKING, CHINA
5
DATE
15 MAY 1945
FOR
DEFERRED
6
TRUNAR
7
DECLASSIFIED by authority of
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TOR CODEROOM
ARCHIVES AND
NATIONAL SERVICE" JORDS
0401 OF COMMERCE
LTR.
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TONARV 11-15-22
DECODED BY
E GOVERN E
MEMO FROM NL TO
PRIORITY
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NLT 4-12-73
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TYPED
ROUTINE
12
BY
Initials BK2 Date 5/21/20
DEFERRED
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14
15
ISE INDICATED TH
LL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE ANJ AS ADMINISTRATIVE
6311
IF OPERATIONAL
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CHECK BELOW
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18
19
ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME:
DATE 15 MAY 1945
TIME
$1430
GCT
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ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT
ACTION
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FROM DONALD m NELSON To MR. AT KEARNEY The
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F-0
NELSON MISSION CHUNGHING x
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F-01
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YESTERDAY I CABLED THE GENERALISSIMO VIA AMBASSADOR HURLEY WITH A COPY TO
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F-02
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YOU SETTING FORTH MY VIEWS ON THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF THE CWPB AND ON
F-05
27
28
F-07
OUR FUTURE RELATIONS TO IT. PARAGRAPH. IN KEEPING WITH THESE VIEWS I PLAN
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F-1
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TO FOLLOW YOUR SUGGESTION AND SEND OUT JAKE TO CARRY ON IN YOUR STEAD AFTER
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F-2
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YOU LEAVE. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE VERY ESSENTIAL WORK WHICH HE IS DOING HERE ON
F-20
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34
F-3
VARIOUS CHINESE PROBLEMS AND NEEDS, WE CANNOT SPARE HIM FOR MORE THAN THREE
35
F-30
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MONTHS. AS A REPLACEMENT FOR PENN BROOKS, I AM ASKING ARMY ORDNANCE TO
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F-31
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RELEASE LIEUTENANT COLONEL W. W. KNIGHT, JR., FORMERLY GENERAL MANAGER OF
F-32
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F-33
MICHIGAN ALKALI COMPANY. FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, KNIGHT HAS BEEN ENGAGED
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F-34
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IN ALL ASPECTS OF ORDNANCE PRODUCTION, FIRST IN NDAC AND OPM AS A CIVILIAN
F-4
43
Part 2
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AND THEN AS AN ARMY OFFICER IN THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. BOTH EDDIE AND I
FX01
45
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FX30
HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE THE VERY HIGHEST REGARD FOR HIM AND
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FX37
48
HIS ABILITIES. I BELIEVE ARMY ORDNANCE WILL RELEASE HIM PROMPTLY TO DO THIS
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FX40
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JOB IN CHINA IN A CIVILIAN CAPACITY, BUT PLEASE KEEP MATTER CONFIDENTIAL
IG-00
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52
VCNO
SECRET
Make original only. Deliver to Code Room Watch Officer in person. (See Art. 76 (4) NAVREGS.)
OPNAV 19-67
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