Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley

NLT-295 DECLASSIFIED by authority of state Dept the to NAR: 8-10-72 NL memo to NLT 12 May 1945 OFCRET 4-12-73 S. RIORITY litials BKZ Date 5/21/by NSS us = AND Froma Opnay 5851 15 COVERH MEAT To : ComNavGroup, China 121503Z, NCR NUMBER 263. TOP SECRET AND PERSONAL FROM THE PRESIDENT FOR AMBASSADOR HURLEY. Receipt is acknowledged of your message 101142. Please continue your efforts to accomplish the purposes outlined to you by President Roosevelt. I am informed in regard to your previous reports of the attitude of the imperialist governments in China, and hope that the agreement with Churchill and Stalin reported by you may result in the establishment of a free united democratic Chinese Government. In regard to the "prelude" to the Yalta agreement on the future con- duct of the Pacific War, it is not appropriate at the present time for you to give any information to the Chinese Government. When it is appropriate and promising of advantage to the common cause, you will be advised to inform the Chinese Government of the particulars of arrangements that may be in effect at that time. We will endeavor to get to Chiang Kai-shek, through you at the earliest practicable date, all the available information on this subject that can be disclosed wi thout damage to the overall prospect. TRUMAN Released from the White House Map Room at 121503Z, May, 1945. CCM.22 2 FEPJE so 2PE aquie TOP SECREI