Memorandum from Secretary of State James Byrnes to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment

cleana DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973 DEPARTMENT OF STATE By NLT. He , NARS Date 6.24.75 WASHINGTON February 21, 1946 mop SEORET MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: U.S. Military Advisory Group to China There is attached a proposed directive to be issued by you to the Secretaries of State, War and Navy which author- izes the establishment of a U.S. Military Advisory Group to China. The original directive as approved on February 14 by the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee (SWNCC paper no. 83/17) has been altered by me, with the approval of the Secretaries of War and Navy, to include what is now the second sentence in the proposed directive and to make what is now the third sentence into a separate paragraph. In as much as the substance of the Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum, which forms the basis of SWNCC 83/17, has been submitted to General Marshall through General Wedemeyer and General Marshall has on previous occasions indicated his desire for the early establishment of the Advisory Group, it is not believed necessary to resubmit the full memorandum for his comment as suggested in your telegram no. 406 of February 13 to General Marshall. is ARCHIVES-AND SERVICE* RECORDS "NATIONAL Enclosure: Proposed directive. Street Joyzne