Telegram from Edwin A. Locke, Jr. to James A. Jacobson

NAVAL MESSAGE NAVY DEPARTMENT DRAFTER EXTENSION NUMBER ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE 1 EDWIN A LOCKE, JR. ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 2 FROM PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRESIDENT Radio PRIORITY P 3 RELEASED BY Ewlock J. 4 MR. JAMES A. JACOBSON ROUTINE 5 AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION 6 18 JULY 1945 DEFERRED DATE CHUNGKING, CHINA 7 TRUMAN 8 TOR CODE ROOM E ARCHIVES *NATIONAL SERVICE" CORDS AND JOHN DECLASSIFIED by authority of 9 DEPT. OF COMMERCE PRIORITY 10 DECODED BY LTR. TONARV 11-15-72 11 MEMO FROM NL To ROUTINE TYPED NLT 4-12-73 12 BY 13 DEFERRED 14 SHCJA 15 VISE INDICATED THIS DISPAICH BI WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. CODRESS IF OPERATIONAL 16 7001 CHECK BELOW 17 181945 18 19 ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME: DATE 18 JULY 1945 TIME 01945 GCT 20 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES P'LEASE LEAVE APOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT ACTION 21 22 action mr. James A. Jacobson american Production mission F/O F-00 92 chunging FROM EQwin A focke X 24 25 HAVE READ YOUR INTERESTING MEMORANDUM OF JULY 7 COVERING DISCUSSION F-01 26 F-02 27 OF TRUCK-AND AIRPLANE SITUATION WITH FEA GROUP. AS YOU KNOW, ON MR. 28 F-05 29 NELSON'S FIRST VISIT TO CHINA HE SAW THE NEED TO IMPROVE INTERNAL CHINESE F-07 30 31 TRANSPORTATION AS ONE OF FOUNDATION STEPS ON WHICH AMERICAN AID TO CHINESE F-1 32 F-2 33 WAR PRODUCTION EFFORT COULD BE ORGANIZED. ACCORDINGLY, HE URGED AND 34 F-20 35 OBTAINED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S APPROVAL FOR SENDING 10,000 TRUCKS TO CHINA F-3 36 37 IN ADDITION TO 5,000 PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED. F-30 38 F-31 39 TO EXTENT THAT ARMY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUCKS ARE MORE URGENT THAN 40 F-32 1 OTHER REQUIREMENTS, THESE 15,000 TRUCKS SHOULD CERTAINLY BE AVAILABLE TO F-1 EJINV 12 bt I 43 F-3 THE ARMY, BUT ONLY TO THAT EXTENT I AM SURE ARMY RECOGNIZES THAT CHINA'S 3 44 F-4 45 INTERNAL TRANSPORT SITUATION MUST BE GREATLY STRENGTHENED, AS AN ESSENTIAL 46 FXO 1 47 STEP TOWARD MAXIMUM WAR EFFORT IN THAT THEATER. I FEEL THAT IN WANTING TO FX37 48 49 FX40 DIVERT TO ARMY USE 9,000 OF THE 15,000 TRUCKS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED FOR 50 IG-00 51 52 VCNO Make original only. Deliver to Code Room Watch Officer in person. (See Art. 76 (4) NAVREGS.) OPNAV 19-67 to u. s. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1944 16-41652-1