Memorandum from W. Walton Butterworth to the White House Signal Center

SECRET ADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON 25, D. C: DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON November 12, 1948 MEMORANDUM FOR THE WHITE HOUSE SIGNAL CENTER In accordance wi th instructions from the Acting Secretary, will you kindly transmit the following message to Key West: QUOTE For Mr. Clark Clifford from Lovett for trans- mission to the President. Following secret telegram dated November 11 has been . received from authoritative American source in China. No distribution has been made in this Department or to other Government departments: INNERQUOTE Last evening Major General Liang, head of Foreign Affairs Section of Eleventh Pacific Area Headquarters stated in confidence that only a few minutes earlier Admiral Badger had commissioned him to proceed at once to Peiping "to obtain from Fu Tso-Yi his pledge to resist to the bitter end and to tell Fu immediately to write a letter to President Truman asking for help." According to Liang, who is to return here with the letter, Admiral Badger guaranteed expedite delivery to President or get it to Ambassador at once who would do so. Liang DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or Dept. of State lutter, Aug. 9, 1973 s 3. ARCHIVES WATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE AND A By NLT- He NARS Date 7-20-66 SECRET