Telegram from Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley to Secretary of State James Byrnes

T SECRET DISPATCH S DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM COMNAVGROUP CHINA URGENY 2 RELEASED BY TRUMAN 3 ROUTINE DATE 1 AUGUST 1945 5. ARCHIVES SERVICE "NATIONAL CORDS AND I SECRETARY OF STATE 4 DEFERRED 5 so BASEGRAM 6 DECLASSIFIED by authority of 7 TOR CODEROOM 0828/1 8 DECODED BY CONNORS PRIORITY 9 Couf. Vol.II P. 619 10 PARAPH RASED CHECKED ROUTINE 11 BY CONNORS BY CONNORS Dateff:6::73 DEFERRED 12 DITTOED ROUTED BY CONNORS BY CONNORS BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 010506 16 NCR 2922 17 18 Originator till 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 SENT BY COMNAVGR CHINA. (THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TOP SECRET 22 AND URGENT FOR BYRNES, SECRETARY OF STATE, POTSDAM, GERMANY, 23 FROM HURLEY) 24 25 26 REFERENCE YOUR VICTORY 375. JULY 27TH. AT 1240 HOURS, 27 CHUNGKING TIME, AUGUST IST, THE GENERALISSIMO AUTHORIZED THE 28 29 SOVIET AMBASSADOR, THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR AND MYSELF TO CABLE 30 AT ONCE THE FOLLOWING TO OUR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS. 31 32 (1) THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT CONCURS IN THE PROPOSALS FOR THE 33 ESTABL I SHMBNT OF A COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS. (2) THE 34 35 36 CHINESE GOVERNMENT TAKES PLEASURE IN ACCEPTING MEMBERSHIP IN 37 THE COUNCIL. 38 39 BRITISH AND AMERICAN AMBASSADORS PRESENTED NOTES. THE SOVIET 40 AMBASSADOR STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED THE DIRECTIVE FROM HIS 41 42 GOVERNMENT BUT THAT A TRANSLATION HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED. THE 43 GENERALISSIMO THEN SUGGESTED THAT EACH OF THE AMBASSADORS 44 45 46 IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY HIS GOVERNMENT AS ABOVE. THE GENERALISSIMO'S 47 48 :49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F- I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECTAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret" instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations € OPY NO. 010606 O PNAV 19-78