Telegram from Donald M. Nelson to A.T. Kearney

NAVAL MESSAGE NAVY DEPARTM' DRAFTER EXTENSION NUMBER ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE 1 ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE FROM DONALD M. NELSON ALIUSNA 2 PRIORITY P MR. A. T. KEARNEY 3 RELEASED BY Estocket THE NELSON MISSION 4 ROUTINE CHUNGKING, CHINA 5 DATE 15 MAY 1945 FOR DEFERRED 6 TRUNAR 7 DECLASSIFIED by authority of 8 TOR CODEROOM ARCHIVES AND NATIONAL SERVICE" JORDS 0401 OF COMMERCE LTR. 9 TONARV 11-15-22 DECODED BY E GOVERN E MEMO FROM NL TO PRIORITY 10 NLT 4-12-73 11 TYPED ROUTINE 12 BY Initials BK2 Date 5/21/20 DEFERRED 13 14 15 ISE INDICATED TH LL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE ANJ AS ADMINISTRATIVE 6311 IF OPERATIONAL 16 CHECK BELOW 17 18 19 ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME: DATE 15 MAY 1945 TIME $1430 GCT 20 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT ACTION 21 FROM DONALD m NELSON To MR. AT KEARNEY The 22 F-0 NELSON MISSION CHUNGHING x 23 F-01 24 YESTERDAY I CABLED THE GENERALISSIMO VIA AMBASSADOR HURLEY WITH A COPY TO 25 F-02 26 YOU SETTING FORTH MY VIEWS ON THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF THE CWPB AND ON F-05 27 28 F-07 OUR FUTURE RELATIONS TO IT. PARAGRAPH. IN KEEPING WITH THESE VIEWS I PLAN 29 F-1 30 TO FOLLOW YOUR SUGGESTION AND SEND OUT JAKE TO CARRY ON IN YOUR STEAD AFTER 31 F-2 32 YOU LEAVE. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE VERY ESSENTIAL WORK WHICH HE IS DOING HERE ON F-20 33 34 F-3 VARIOUS CHINESE PROBLEMS AND NEEDS, WE CANNOT SPARE HIM FOR MORE THAN THREE 35 F-30 36 MONTHS. AS A REPLACEMENT FOR PENN BROOKS, I AM ASKING ARMY ORDNANCE TO 37 F-31 38 RELEASE LIEUTENANT COLONEL W. W. KNIGHT, JR., FORMERLY GENERAL MANAGER OF F-32 39 40 F-33 MICHIGAN ALKALI COMPANY. FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, KNIGHT HAS BEEN ENGAGED 41 F-34 42 IN ALL ASPECTS OF ORDNANCE PRODUCTION, FIRST IN NDAC AND OPM AS A CIVILIAN F-4 43 Part 2 44 AND THEN AS AN ARMY OFFICER IN THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. BOTH EDDIE AND I FX01 45 46 FX30 HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE THE VERY HIGHEST REGARD FOR HIM AND 47 FX37 48 HIS ABILITIES. I BELIEVE ARMY ORDNANCE WILL RELEASE HIM PROMPTLY TO DO THIS 49 FX40 50 JOB IN CHINA IN A CIVILIAN CAPACITY, BUT PLEASE KEEP MATTER CONFIDENTIAL IG-00 51 52 VCNO SECRET Make original only. Deliver to Code Room Watch Officer in person. (See Art. 76 (4) NAVREGS.) OPNAV 19-67