Summaries of Telephone Conversations

Washington, D. C. CO SUMMARY September 10, 1945 10:50 AM MR. NEWKIRK, of State Department, to BILL YOUNGMAN, asking latter about SOLOMON TRONE, who has made application for appointment to the State Department. YOUNGMAN said that TRONE was formerly employed by China Defense Supplies conducting a survey in China and that he found him a reliable, "nice old fellow," dependable and one whose sympathies were all right. YOUNGMAN described him as a funny looking fellow. NEWKIRK said that TRONE's application to the State Department states that TRONE, in early 1943, accepted a position as advisor for the Chinese Post-War Reconstruction Council and was in China. YOUNGMAN said TRONE was a nice old guy, and NEWKIRK said, "I notice that every time he files an application he clips a couple of years off his age." YOUNGMAN said he understood that the Chinese have just hired TRONE again for two years. NEWKIRK said he had talked to CHEN (phonetic) and the latter told him that TRONE had been recently in contact with several Chinese in Washington. YOUNGMAN said TRONE is a "little, short, fat guy, and has no hair on his head. TRONE was in China about four or five months. YOUNGMAN said his loyalty is all right. 10:59 AM TRUMAN FELT to CORCORAN. FELT is with the St. Louis Star Times. FELT is writing a story on the ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT loan business and he asked CORCORAN for some leads he might follow in running down a story to the effect that the Republicans had a meeting about it some time ago. CORCORAN said he spoke to IRVING BRANT about it two months ago but couldn't remember the details. FELT will see BRANT. 11:45 AM Colonel McCORMICK, War Department, to CORCORAN, saying that DICK WILMER was GEORGE PARLIN's superior over there (in Italy) and knows all about him. DICK says he feels GEORGE can be gotten out of the Army all right. CORCORAN will contact WILMER at Civil Affairs Division. 12:28 PM CORCORAN to JIM. CORCORAN asked if latter had spoken to (JOHN J.) McCLOY (Assistant Secretary of War) as he promised to do about the problem of the United States equipping 90 Chinese divisions from the surplus in American arms in the Pacific area. CORCORAN said the United States promised at Cairo to equip these divisions and now SOONG is seeing McCLOY today about it. CORCORAN explained that SOONG prefers American arms, although both Russia and Britain have promised to help China in equipping divisions. JIM will see McCLOY today. JIM believes this an excellent method to dispose of Pacific area surplus property. 2:07 PM Congressman HART, Trenton, New Jersey, for CORCORAN who is at lunch. HART talked to MRS. BEHAN and said that CORCORAN had wired him Saturday to the effect that Justice JACKSON would see HART today but HART didn't have an opportunity to see Mayor HAGUE, of Jersey City, until today and, therefore, he must postpone his meeting with Justice JACKSON until a later date. He will contact CORCORAN from Jersey City this afternoon. 3:30 PM CORCORAN to MR. TROOP (phonetic) at Whitehall 3-4217, New York City, telling him that GEORGE PARLIN is now in Rome and his family can call him and tell him that his discharge will be honored if he makes application for it now.