Telegram from James A. Jacobson to Harold A. Locke

NLT-403 SECRET DISPATCH DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE JAMES A. JACOBSON TOP SECRET ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE URGENT 1 FROM PRIORI LY 2 HAROLD .LOCKE 8 AUGUST 1945 3 R'ELEASED BY ROUTINE (WHITE HOUSE) 4 ( 8 AUGUST 1945 NCR 844ODEFERRED 5 DATE BASEGRAM 6 1941 TOR CODEROOM DECLASSIFIED by authority of URGENT 7 DEPT. OF COMMERCE LR 8 COOK TO NARS 11-15-72 $. PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY MEMO FROM NL TO 10 PARAPH RASED COOK CHECKED cook NLT 4-12-73 ROUTINE 11 BY BY Litt. DEFERRED 12 FROM: JAMES A JACOBSON ROUTED BY BY BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS A LOCKE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 PAGE 1 OF 4 081430 NCR 8440 17 18 Iriginator till in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T. 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 JAMES A JACOBSON SENDS TOP SECRET FOR EYES ALONE 21 22 OF HAROLD A LOCKE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. 23 24 25 EXECUTIVE YUAN YESTERDAY, ACCORDING TO DOCTOR WONG, 26 27 APPROVED APPROPRIATIONS OF 10 AND 5 BILLION CNC RESPECTIVELY 28 29 FOR DIRECTORATE OF ORDNANCE AND CHINESE WAR PRODUCTION 30 BOARD. THESE APPROPRIATIONS REPORTEDLY ARE TO BE MADE AVAIL- 31 32 33 ABLE IN AUGUST AND FOR USE IN THAT MONTH. 34 THE QUESTION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUBSEQUENT MONTHS 35 36 37 WAS NOT, I AM INFORMED, DETERMINED BY YUAN YESTERDAY BUT 38 39 WAS DEFERRED UNTIL DR SOONG'S RETURN WHICH WONG APPARENTLY 40 EXPECTS MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL MID SEPTEMBER. 41 42 43 THESE ACTIONS WHILE IN RIGHT DIRECTION CAN HARDLY BE 44 CONSTRUED AS IN FULL CONFORMITY WITH SPIRIT OF THE PLAN. 45 46 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 1 OF 3 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 081430.