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

NAVAL MESSAGE NAVY DEPARTMENT DKAFTER EXTENSION NUMBER ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE 1 ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 2 FROM. EDWIN A. LOCKE, JR. pp PRIORITY P 3 MR. JAMES A. JACOBSON 4 RELEASED BY DEPUTY IN CHARGE ROUTINE 5 RECEIVED AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION 6 DATE 31 AUGUST 1945 FOR CHUNGKING, CHINA DEFERRED 7 8 TOR CODE ROOM 118 18 t 9 so DICLASSIFIED Rds by authority of Chinging PRIORITY 10 DECODED BY OF 4TR. 11 NATIONAL TONAR 11-15-73 ROUTINE TYPED ARCHIVES AND MEMO FROM NL TO 12 BY CURDS NLT 4-12-73 13 SERVICE" DEFERRED PCDSW 14 ROUTED BY Initials BK2 Date 5/21/74 15 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 16 4304 CHECK BELOW 311730 NCR 17 18 19 ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME: DATE 8/31/45 TIME proper 17300 GCT 20 QN OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH/CLEAR SPAÇE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT ACTION 21 action miganes a. Jacobson authican Prod mission 22 F-0 chunging from Lucke 23 F-00 24 YOUR THIRTY CABLE RECEIVED. IN VIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS HERE STRONC= 25 F-01 26 LY FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE MISTAKE TO HOLD UP PERSONNEL DEPARTURES. F-02 27 28 PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN FULL APPROVAL TO RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH I HAVE MADE TO F-05 29 F-07 30 SOONG AND I EXPECT TO SEE SOONG FOR DEFINITIVE DISCUSSION WITHIN NEXT FEW 31 F-1 32 DAYS. POLICY INDICATED IN MY CABLE OF AUGUST TWENTY-SEVEN SHOULD BE MADE F-2 33 34 BASIS OF MISSION'S PLANNING. PRESENT LACK OF ACTION IN CWPB NATURAL F-20 35 F-3 36 CONSEQUENCE OF SUDDEN END OF WAR. WE CAN EXPECT CHANGE IN ATTITUDE AS 37 F-30 38 gust THEY RECOGNIZE NEED, OPPORTUNITY AND SCOPE OF THEIR JOB AHEAD. REASON TO F-31 39 2 40 F-32 BELIEVE THAT MISSION'S JOB DURING RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD WILL BE MUCH 41 F-33 42 BROADER IN SCOPE THAN BEFORE SINCE THIS IS ONLY BASIS ON WHICH IT CAN BE 43 F-34 44 EFFECTIVE. F-4 45 46 FXO 1 I CONSIDER IT IMPERATIVE THAT WE MAKE CWPB AND THEATRE COMMAND 47 FX37 48 FULLY AWARE OF NEED TO PROVIDE EARLY ACCESS AND TRANSPORTATION FOR MISSION 49 FX40 F 50 PERSONNAL TO COASTAL AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL AREAS. PLEASE CABLE ME ANY IG-00 51 SECRIT 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