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SECRET DISPATCH
DRAFTER
EXT.
ADDRESSEES
PRECEDENCE
ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE
1
FROM
PRIORITY
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3
RELEASED BY
. ARCHIVES-AN NATIONAL SERVICE" .CORDS of
DICLASSI.ILE authority of
ROUTINE
4
DEFERRED
5
DATE
OF
BASEGRAM
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7
TOR CODEROOM
8
PRIORITY
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DECODED BY
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PARAPH RASED
CHECKED
ROUTINE
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BY
BY
DEFERRED
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DITTOED
ROUTED BY
BY
BASEGRAM
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UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE.
IF OPERATIONAL 15
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CHECK BELOW
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Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP
(Use G. C. T.
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ON OUTGOINO DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT
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SOONG TOLD ME THAT HE DID NOT PRESS STAL IN FURTHER ON ANY
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POINTS AS HE WAS ANXIOUS TO LEAVE THE SUBJECTS OPEN IN ORDER TO
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OBTAIN YOUR VIEWS. HE IS HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET
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STALIN TO ACCEPT THE CHINESE POSITION AT THE FORTHCOMING
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28
CONFERENCE OR THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WORK OUT A COMPROMISE
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WHICH THE GENERALISSIMO CAN ACCEPT. HE DID NOT, HOWEVER, SAY THIS
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TO STALIN, ALTHOUGH FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT HE FEELS THAT
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CHINA HAS MADE A SERIOUS CONCESSION IN AGREEING TO RECOGNIZE THE
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35
INDEPENDENCE OF OUTER MONGOLIA. HE FEELS THAT THE DISCUSSIONS HERE 36
HAVE MADE IMPORTANT PROGRESS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FRIENDLY
37
38
RELATIONS BETWEEN HIS GOVERNMENT AND THE KREMLIN AND IS SATISFIED
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WITH THE UNDERSTANDINGS REACHED ON QUESTIONS OTHER THAN THOSE
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STILL AT ISSUE.
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HE IS LEAVING FOR CHUNGKING TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING
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IN THE PLANE WHICH YOU PLACED'AT HIS DISPOSAL AND HOPES THAT IT
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D
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MAY REMATN THERR
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'49
No. I ADMIRAL.
No. 2 FILE.
No. 3F-1 OR CHARTROOM.
No. 4 SPECIAL. 50
51
TOP
SECRET
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Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret' instruetions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations.
COPY NO.
OPNAV 19-78
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