Telegram from Donald T. Nelson to Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley

NAVAL MESSAGE NAVY DEPART' NT DRAFTER EXTENSION NUMBER ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE DONALD M. NELSON ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 2 FROM AMBASSADOR PATRICK J. HURLEY PRIORITY P 3 4 RELEASED BY ROUTINE TRUHAN CHUNGKING, CHINA 5 DATE 14 MAY 1945 ARCOIVES and SERVICE" RUS AND DEFERRED 6 TOR CODEROOM s Couchunting 7 8 DECLASSIFIED by authority of 9 DEPT. OF COMMERCE LTR. PRIORITY DECODED BY 10 TONARY 1-15-72 11 TYPED MEMO FROM NLTO ROUTINE 12 E ML - 4-12-73 DEFERRED 13 ROUTED BY Initials BKZ Date 5/21/71 14 15 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENOE ANJ AS ADMINISTRATIVE. 60 IF OPERATIONAL 16 CHECK BELOW 142100 6222 17 18 19 ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME: DATE 14 MAY 1945 TIME 2100 GCT 20 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT ACTION 21 FOR AMBASSADOR, HURLEY FROM NELSON X F-0 22 Rdo chunking deliver 23 F-01 24 I HAVE JUST DISCUSSED WITH GENERAL OLMSTED THE CABLE WHICH I SENT YOU F-02 25 26 EARLIER TODAY FOR THE GENERALISSIMO. OLMSTED FEELS THAT SEPTEMBER ONE IS F-05 27 28 F-07 MUCH TOO EARLY AS THE DATE WHEN WE SHOULD IN EFFECT BEGIN TO WITHDRAW OUR 29 F-1 30 OFFICIAL AID TO THE CHINESE WPB. HE STATES THAT IN HIS OPINION MILITARY F-2 31 32 SUPPLY WILL BE TOO DEPENDENT ON INDIGENOUS CHINESE PRODUCTION TO MAKE SUCH F-20 33 34 F-3 A STEP ADVISABLE THEN AND SUGGESTS THE MOVE BE POSTPONED UNTIL A PORT AND 35 F-30 36 A CORRIDOR ARE OPENED. IF GENERAL WEDEMEYER AGREES, THIS IS PERFECTLY 37 F-31 38 SATISFACTORY TO ME AS I WISH TO DO EVERYTHING IN CONNECTION WITH OUR F-32 39 40 F-33 PRODUCTION MISSION IN CHINA THAT YOU AND GENERAL WEDEMEYER CONSIDER DESIR- 41 F-34 42 ABLE. THERE IS NOTHING FINAL ABOUT MY SUGGESTION OF SEPTEMBER ONE BUT I DO F-4 43 44 FEEL THAT THE POINT SHOULD BE GOTTEN ACROSS TO THE GENERALISSIMO THAT AT FX01 45 46 FX30 SOME FAIRLY DEFINITE FUTURE DATE THE CHINESE MUST BEGIN TO ASSUME FULL 47 EX37 48 RESPONSIBILITY FOR OBTAINING THE AID OF AMERICAN PRODUCTION SPECIALISTS. 49 FX40 50 ACCORDINGLY PLEASE MAKE SUCH CHANGES ALONG THE ABOVE LINES IN MY CABLE TO IG-00 51 52 VCNO MNGHY AM Make original only. Deliver to Code Room Watch Officer in person. (See Art. 76 (4) NAVREGS.) OPNAV 19-67