Telegram from Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley to President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes

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to Bromest 4221 NCA \ NLT-125 8. Copy / 00000260651 GR 566 BT DECLASSIFIED Y authority of = SERVICE Initialistic Date:-66-23 YCR 8514 PART ONE THREE RYWEL, URMKE 9-26-46 XHKXI PIGQTMXHQEMVYVODYAAFPAZKN EYES FULL OF SWEAT SENT BC COMNAVGR CHINA KK THE FOLLOWINGMESSAHE IS TOP SECRET AND URGENT FOR THE EYES ALONT OF THE/SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES F BYRNES POTSDAM X GERMANY X FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM AMBASSADOR HURLEY KK THE FOLLOVING ARE SIDELIGHTS THAT MAY BE HELPFUL TO YOU X THE TRANSLATION WAS NOT FINISHED UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT X WE THEN HAD DIFFICULTY IN PROCURING A FERRY 10 CROSS THE YANGTXE X THE PRIME MINISTER DECLIMED TO 3 GO OUTITO YELLOW MOUNTAIN WITH ME IN THE "NIGHT X THIS MORNING X K C WU X ASSISTANT MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS X ACCOMPANIEDME TO THE GENERALISSILOS RESIDENCE AT YELLOW MOUNTAIN X THE GENERALIS SINO READ THE TRANSLATION CAREFULLY IX THEN K C WU INTERPRETED MY EXPLANATION OF THE NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE CONCURRENCE X THE GENERALISSIMO WAS KINDLY AND COURTEOUS THROUGHOUT X AFTER HE HAD TOLD ME THAT HE CONCURRED INTHE PROCLAMATION DR WANG SHIP CHIEH X MINISTER OF INFORMATION X ARRIVED AT THE CONFERENCE X II BECAME NECESSARY TO EXPLAIN THE WHOLE SITUATION AGAIN TO WANG BBB

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