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DEPT. DECLASSIFIED OF NARV COTTIENCE by authority of MEMO FROM NL CIR TO 11-15-22 TO SECRET PRIORITY NLT 4.12.23 7 OCTOBER 1945 Initials 5/2/19 S. NCR 9841 us SERVICET TO # EDWIN A LOCKE JR. FROM: JAMES A JACOBSON PENG UNDERSTANDS BUT CANNOT CONFIRM IMMEDIATELY THAT SOONG EXPECTS TO DEPART FOR SHANGHA1 AROUND 13TH WHERE IT IS NOT UNLIKELY HE MAY REMAIN FORTNIGHT OR MORE. THEREFORE PENG SUGGESTS YOU CONTACT SOONG FI FND* WHEN YOU GO THRU SHANG- HAI. PENG ASKS YOUR PROBABLE ARRIVAL DATE HERE AND SHANG- HAf. PLEASE ADVISE AS SOON AS REASONABLY CERTAIN. ANY SHANGHAI STOP SHOULD I BELIEVE BE BRIEF UNT IL AFTER INITIAL DISCUSSIONS HERE. I WILL ADVISE YOU CARE OF MACARTHUR ANY LATER DEVELOPMENTS ON SOONGS PLANS. NEW SUBJECT. PENG REPORTS EXECUTIVE YUAM RULING THAT CWPB IS AMONG EARLY WAR AGENCIES ORDERED ABOLISHED BUT ADVISES SOONG HAS INSTRUCTED READJUSTMENT THIS AGENCY BE HANDLED IN SPECIAL MANNER STILL APPARENTLY TO BE DETERMINED. PENGS SHANGHAI EXPERIENCES, WHICH SOON TO BE SHOWN TO GENERALISSIMO AND SOONG, CONVINCED HIM OF NEED DOR AGENCY LIKE CWPB FOR HANDLING EMERGENCY PROBLEMS FOR SOME MONTHS. EDWIN A LOCKE JR ACT *AS RECEIVED EDWIN A LOCKE JR. ....ACT 041136

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