Summaries of Telephone Conversations

Washington, D. C. June 15, 1945 9:30am Unidentified woman (probably ANNETTE) to MISS DeFALCO. Woman said she wouldn't even be up yet but that CORCORAN called her at 8:00 A.M.; that CORCORAN didn't go on the plane or last night's train, but went on the 9 o'clock train this morning. DeFALCO said he could have gone on the plane with T. V. SOONG this morn- ing. DeFALCO said that JIM "got them all off this morning" and that he got a beautiful wrist watch from T. V. (SOONG) 10.20am DAVID LU (Phon.) to JIM BRANNON (Phon.). LU said he had talked to NORMAN SOONG (Phon.) who is supposed to go with "us, and "we" want to catch up with the other party (T. V. SOONG?) to get the passports fixed up in Chung King. LU said that a Mr. CHUN (Phon.) is working on the Embassy to get priorities and LU wondered if they have to make arrangements with A.T.C. to get on a plane. BRANNON said that that is automatically taken care of and that "we" will get you on the first plane to leave. BRANNON thinks there is a plane leaving Monday which will be in plenty of time as "he" (T. V. SOONG?) is taking 5 days on the trip. LU said they must take the photographic equipment, which was the whole purpose of the trip, on the plane in addition to their personal baggage. BRANNON said that that would be up to the Embassy and that LU should continue to work on that. BRANNON will contact LU at ADams 1482. 12:30pm JIM BRENNAN to DAVID LU. BRENNAN told him the situation re their military permits. LU said that NORMAN SOONG is regularly "our" war correspondent and was accredited to STILWELL's headquarters; that later on he went to Guam when NIMITZ was there, and inasmuch as he knew the routine LU had him take care of this matter. SOONG saw col. RUBY at the War Dept. and RUBY was to wire WIEDEMEYER (Phon.), Theater Commander, and get approval for them to visit that theater of operations. As yet RUBY has had no reply. LU said he guessed they just wouldn't be able to make it; that if they couldn't meet T. V. SOONG in Chungking there is no need of going, because they wanted to take photographs of T. V. on his trip and cover his meetings when he sees STALIN and when he goes to Paris and London. LU will get Col. RUBY's number at the war Dept. and call BRENNAN. 12:47pm DAVID LU to JIM BRENNAN who was out. He gave MISS DeFALCO the extension of Col. RUBY at the War Dept., which is 4743. 1:00pm DAVID LU advised that when BRENNAN talked to War Dept. he should give LU's name as DAVID LUTHER LO and not LU, as he filled out all the War Dept. forms under the name of DAVID LUTHER IO. O.K. 2:50pm BILL YOUNGMAN to GEORGE SLAFF. Latter said a certain person's name went up and he should have no trouble. MURRAY and others,