Telegram from Edwin A. Locke, Jr. to President Harry S. Truman

NLT-151 SECRET DISPATCH copy 1 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE FROM EDWIN A LOCKE JR 1 PRIOR PPPPP 2 3 RELEASED BY ROUTINE THE PRESIDENT 4 DEFERRED DATE 5 NOVEMBER 1945 5 FOR DECLASSIFIED by authority of BASEGRAM 6 DEPT. OF COMMERCO LTR. TOR CODEROOM 1359 7 TO NARS 11-15.72 NL MEMO TO NLT 8 DECODED BY ROLL 4-12-73 PRIORITY 9 10 PARAPH RASED CHECKED ROUTINE ROLL Initials 11 BY BY BROOKS DEFERRED 12 DITTOED ROUTED BY ROLL BY SOWERS BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRED PRECEDENCE AND AS AOMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 PAGE 1 OF 052030 NCR 7287 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T.) 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 THIS IS TOP SECRET AND FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY FROM 22 EDWIN A LOCKE JR VIA ALUSNA CHUNGKING 23 US and 24 S 25 26 LAST WEEK I SURVEYED ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS IN SOUTH 27 CHINA AND FORMOSA PRELIMINARY TO TALKS WITH GENERALISSIMO CHIANG 28 29 KAI SHEK. THIS WEEK IN CHUNGKING I HAVE SEEN THE GENERALISSIMG 30 TWICE WITH FURTHER DISCUSSIONS SCHEDULED. HAVE ALSO TALKED WITH 31 32 PREMIER T V SOONG AND MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS WONG WEN HAO. 33 IN PRIVATE CONVERSATION NOVEMBER 2 THE GENERALISSIMO EXPRESSED 34 35 HIS AWARENESS OF NEED FOR PEACE AND UNITY IN CHINA AS BASIS FOR 36 AMERICAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION, HE SAID ALSO THAT HE FULLY REAL- 37 38 IZED THE IMPORTANCE FOR CHINA OF SUSTAINED GOOD RELATIONS WITH 39 RUSSIA. HE SPOKE OF CHINA'S NEED FOR AMERICAN ECONOMIC COOPERATIO 40 41 AND HE GREATLY APPRECIATED YOUR LETTER WHICH I HANDED HIM. 1 42 POINTED OUT THAT WHILE YOU FULLY RECOGNIZED THE GREAT URGENCY OF 43 44 THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS CONFRONT ING HIM, YOU FELT THAT 45 IT WAS IMPORTANT TO START NOW ON EXPLORATORY TALKS ON SINO AMERI- 46 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F- I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret" instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. O PNAV 19-78