Telegram from Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley to President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes

NLT-125 P-SECREP DISPATCH copy 2 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE COMNAVGROUP CHINA ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE URGENT 1 FROM PRIORITY 2 RELEASED BY is g. ARCHIVES 'NATIONAL SERVICE" accords AND THE PRESIDENT 3 ROUTINE 4 DEFERRED 5 DATE 26 JULY 1945 SECRETARY OF STATE FOR BASEGRAM 6. 7 TOR CODEROOM 0947/26 DECLASSIFIED by authority cf 8 COOK 9 DECODED BY particlette F.R.Afthlan PRIORITY 10 ROUTINE PARAPH RASED CHECKED BY GARDNER Conf. P.1282 V.P.II 11 BY COOK DEFERRED 12 COOK Initials/Ave Date 8.6.73 BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY BY 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSWITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 PAGE 1 OF 3. 260651 NCR 8515 CHECK BELOW 16 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T. ) 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 (THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TOP SECRET AND URGENT FOR THE EYES 22 ALONE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES F BYRNES POTSDAM, GERMANY, 23 FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM AMBASSADOR HURLEY) 24 25 THE FOLLOWING ARE StDELIGHTS THAT MAY BE HELPFUL TO YOU. THE 26 TRANSLATION WAS NOT FINISHED UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. WE THEN HAD 27 28 DIFFICULTY IN PROCURING A FERRY TO CROSS THE YANGTZE. THE 29 PRIME MINISTER DECLINED TO GO OUT TO YELLOW MOUNTAIN WITH ME 30 31 off 32 IN THE NIGHT. THIS MORNING, K C WU, ASSISTANT MINISTER OF 33 FOREIGN RELATIONS, ACCOMPANIED ME TO THE GENERALISSIMO'S 34 35 RESIDENCE AT YELLOW MOUNTAIN. THE GENERALISSIMO READ THE 36 TRANSLATION CAREFULLY, THEN K C WU INTERPRETED MY EXPLANATION 37 38 OF THE NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE CONCURRANCE. THE GENERALISSIMO 39 WAS KINDLY AND COURTEOUS THROUGHOUT. AFTER HE HAD TOLD ME THAT 40 41 42 HE CONCURRED IN THE PROCAMATION DR WANG SHIP CHIEH, MINISTER 43 OF INFORMATION, ARRIVED AT THE CONFERENCE. IT BECAME NECESSARY 44 45 TO EXPLAIN THE WHOLE SITUATION AGAIN TO WANG. INCIDENTALLY 46 WANG IS TO SUCCEED THE PRIME MINISTER AS MINISTER OF FOREIGN 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F- I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 NOA 51 TOP SECRET 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret' Instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. OPNAV 19-78