Telegram from Edwin A. Locke, Jr. to Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley

NAVAL MESSAGE NAVY DEPAR N1 DRAFTER EXTENSION NUMBER ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM EDWIN A. LOCKE, JR. 2 PRIORITY P AMBASSADOR PATRICK J. HURLEY 3 RELEASED BY Cathoda.J. 4 n ROUTINE CHUNGKING, CHINA 5 DATE 18 MAY 1945 1945 DEFERRED 6 7 TOR CODEROOM TRUMAN DECLASSIFIED by authority of OLPY of 8 LTR TO WARS 11-15-2 9 DECODED BY ARCHIVES SERVICE' HATIONAL kus AND MEMO FROM To PRIORITY 10 NLE 4.12.73 11 TYPED 22 ROUTINE BY 12 Initials DEFERRED 13 ROUTED BY 14 18 15 UN: £ INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE ANJ AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 16 CHECK BELOW 17 7043 18 19 ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME: DATE 18 MAY 1945 TIME 2100 GCT 20 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT ACTION 21 To AMBASSADOR PATRICK U. HURLEY FROM EDWIN A looke, JR F-0 22 23 F-01 24 A RECENT CABLE FROM KEARNEY INDICATES THAT HE AND A LARGE PART OF OUR F-02 25 26 PRODUCTION MISSION IN CHUNGKING ARE DETERMINED TO LEAVE MORE ABRUPTLY THAN F-05 27 THE NEEDS OF THE JOB AS INDICATED BY GENERAL OLMSTED PERMIT. I HAVE JUST F-07 28 29 F-1 30 CABLED KEARNEY ON THIS THROUGH NAVY CHANNELS, BUT I SUSPECT THAT THE MORALE F-2 31 32 OF THE MISSION IS LOW BECAUSE OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS. THEY ARE BADLY IN NEED F-20 33 34 F-3 OF A REAL LIFT OF THE KIND YOU CAN PROVIDE so SUPERBLY. WOULD YOU, AS A 35 F-30 36 PERSONAL FAVOR TO ME, ASK SOME OF THE MISSION OVER TO SEE YOU AND MAKE CLEAR 37 F-31 38 TO THEM THE INCREASINGLY BIG PART CHINESE WAR PRODUCTI ON IS GOING TO PLAY IN F-32 39 F-33 40 YOUR THEATRE AND THE INTENSE INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN THE 41 F-34 42 OPERATION AND HOW URGENT IT IS FOR THEM TO STAY AT THEIR POSTS UNTIL REPLACED. F-4 43 44 WARMEST REGARDS. FX01 45 46 FX30 END 47 FX37 48 49 FX40 50 IG-00 51 52 VCNO Bal Make original only. Deliver to Code Room Watch Officer in person. (See Art. 76 (4) NAVREGS.) OPNAV 19-67