Telegram from Donald M. Nelson to A.T. Kearney

NAVAL MESSAGE NAVY DEPARTMENT DRAFTER EXTENSION NUMBER ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE 1 ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE FROM DONALD M NELSON 2 RDO CHUNGKING PRIORITY 3 RELEASED BY Earth J MR. A. T. KEARNEY 4 ROUTINE DECLASSIFIED by authority of 5 DEPT of COMMERCE 412 DATE 12 mAY 1945 TONAR 11-15-72 THE NELSON MISSION DEFERRED 6 7 MEMO F ROM HLTO NLT 4-12-13 CHUNGKING, CHINA 8 TOR CODEROOM 9 Initials PRIORITY 10 TYPED RV CORCRETE HH DECODED BY 11 ROUTINE 12 13 WET ARCHIVES AND DEFERRED coonses S. "NATIONAL CURDS 14 BY V. SERVICE" 15 UNLESS OTHÉRWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS DIMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 16 589" CHECK BELOW 17 121908 18 19 ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME: DATE 12 MAY 1945 TIME GCT 20 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT ACTION 21 ACTION A. T. KEARNEY THE NELSON MISSION CHUNGKING F-0 22 FROM DONALD M. NELSON X 23 F-00 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MY RESIGNATION AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 24 25 F=01 PRESIDENT, TO BE EFFECTIVE MAY FIFTEEN, WILL IN NO WAY LESSEN MY INTEREST 26 F-02 27 IN THE AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION OR INTERFERE WITH THE POLICY GUIDANCE F-05 28 29 AND SERVICING OF THE MISSION FROM WASHINGTON. AT PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S F-07 30 F-1 31 REQUEST, ED LOCKE WILL ASSUME DIRECTION OF MY WHITE HOUSE OFFICE AND WILL 32 F-2 33 CARRY ON FOR ME. AS YOU KNOW HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY HANDLED MOST OF THE F-20 34 35 RELATED EXECUTIVE WORK FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE MISSION. I HAVE F-3 36 37 F-30 PROMISED THE PRESIDENT TO CONFER WHENEVER NECESSARY ON MATTERS OF POLICY. 38 F-31 39 THE FINE JOB YOU HAVE DONE TO DATE IS WELL RECOGNIZED HERE, AND I KNOW F-32 40 41 THAT WITH YOUR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTION THE WORK OF THE MISSION WILL GO F-33 42 F-34 43 FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION. PARAGRAPH I AM ALSO CABLING 44 F-4 45 AMBASSADOR HURLEY AND DOCTOR WONG. PARAGRAPH. NEW SUBJECT. GAVIN 46 FX01 47 FX37 REQUESTS THAT YOU CONTACT Y. C. SUN OF KPA AND ASK WHAT RESULTS OBTAINED 48 FX40 49 FROM PRODUCTION TESTS ON NEW SAND AT APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED 50 IG-00 51 FEET AT KANSU OIL FIELD. PARAGRAPH. NEW SUBJECT. WILL CABLE YOU BY VCNO 52 Make original only. Deliver to Code Room Watch Officer in person. (See Art. 76 (4) NAVREGS.) OPNAV 19-68 10f2