Telegram from Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley to Secretary of State James Byrnes

NLT-400 A P SECRET DISPATCH DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE COMNAVGROUP CHINA TRUMAN ASTERI SK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE OP OP OP 1 FROM . ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE" KECORD6 AND John PRIORITY 2 3 RELEASED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ROUTINE 4 DEFERRED 29 JULY 1945 5 DATE FOR BASEGRAM 6 TOR CODEROOM 1502/29 DECLASSIFIED by authority of 7 8 DECODED BY COOK PRIORITY 9 10 PARAPH RASED CHECKED ROUTINE COOK 11 BY BY PACKARD DITTOED Date F-7-73 DEFERRED 12 ROUTED BY COOK BY COOK BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSWITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. List IF OPERATIONAL 15 PAGE 1 OF 3 290927 NCR 1063 CHECK BELOW 16 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T. 19 ON OUTGOTING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 1 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS PERSONAL, TOP SECRET AND URGENT FOR 22 THE EYES ALONE OF BYRNES SECRETARY OF STATE POTSDAM GERMANY 23 FROM HURLEY) 24 25 THIS IS A SIDELIGHT FOR YOUR INFORMATION. AT 1335 HOURS CHUNGKING 26 27 TIME JULY 29 I SENT VOU BOTH ARMY AND NAVY A REPLY FROM SOONG TO 28 29 YOUR MESSAGE OF JULY 28. HE STATES THAT HE HAS AN UNDERSTANDI NG 30 WITH MOLOTOV TO RETURN TO MOSCOW TO REACH THERE SOON AFTER STAL INS³1 32 RETURN. THIS WAS NOT A MESSAGE DIRECT TO STALIN AS YOU REQUESTED. 33 IT WAS THE BEST WE COULD GET. WE HOPE IT FULFILLS THE PURPOSE. 34 35 SOONG WILL RETURN TO MOSCOW TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS. AFTER HIS 36 RETURN FROM MOSCOW SOONG TOLD ME THAT HE DOUBTED THE ADVISABILITY 37 38 39 OF RETURNING TO MOSCOW HIMSELF. AT THAT TIME HE SUGGESTED THE 40 ADVISABILITY OF HAVING DR WANG SHIH CHIEH APPOINTED FOREIGN 41 42 MINISTER AND SENDING HIM TO MOSCOW. I TOLD SOONG FRANKLY THAT I 43 THOUGHT HIS PLAN NOT FEASIBLE AND THAT HE SHOULD PERSONNALY 44 45 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. OPNAV 19-78