Letter from Colonel Marshall Carter to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Draft Press Release

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S E R R E T WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON DECLASSIFIED 5(D) OI Sec. 3(E) and E.O. 11652. 3, 1972 OSD letter, May NLTHING NARS Date 5 January 1947 BY The President The White House Dear Mr. President: In accordance with your oral instructions, I attach a draft of the White House press release as proposed by General Marshall. General Marshall will leave China Wednesday morning, 8 January (local China calendar), and requests that the release be made 24 hours earlier. This would require local Washington release about seven p.m. Monday evening, 6 January. In the event a leak occurs in China, General Marshall requests an immediate Washington release with the time element corrected accordingly. Faithfully yours, Maishall S. Cader MARSHALL S. CARTER Colonel, General Staff Corps Special Representative in Washington for General Marshall FORVICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS AND STAMPS SOP