Telegram from Edwin A. Locke, Jr. to A. T. Kearney

NAVAL MESSAGE NAVY DEPAP (ENT DRAFTER EXTENSION NUMBER ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM EDWIN A. LOCKE JR. 2 PRIORITY P 3 BY Whock.J. MR. A. T. KEARNEY RELEASED 4 s. AMERICAN WAR PRODUCTION ROUTINE 5 DATE 18 MAY 1945 MISSION 6 so "NATIONAL AND Acco DEFERRED CHUNOKING, CHINA 7 TOR CODEROOM DECLASSIFIED hy authority of 8 SUYERN DEPT. of COMMERCE LTR. 9 Te NARP 11-15-72 DECODED BY PRIORITY Menic Planf NIL TO 10 TYPED FCREU INDURANCE NI-T 4-12-23 11 ROUTINE BY 12 Initials BK20005/21/74 DEFERRED 13 ROUT ECSEV 14 UNLES INDICATED THI 15 WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE ANJ AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 16 7044 CHECK BELOW 17 18 19 ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME: DATE 18 MAY 1945 TIME 2130 GCT 20 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT ACTION 21 Fore A.T. KEARNEY AMERICAN WAR PRODUCTION MISSION F-0 22 CHUNKING FROM EDWIN A. Liocke, clo x 23 F-01 24 I APPRECIATE YOUR CABLE EXPRESSING WILLINGNESS OF YOU AND PENN BROOKS TO EXTEND F-02 25 26 YOUR STAY IN CHUNGKING UNTIL JUNE SEVEN AND IRECOGNIZE THAT THIS EXTENSION F-05 27 EXCEEDS YOUR COMMITMENT TO MR. NELSON TO REMAIN FOR THREE MONTHS. HOWEVER, THE F-07 28 29 F-1 30 ENTIRE CONCEPT OF THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION HAS NOW UNDER- F-2 31 32 GONE A SHARP CHANGE. GENERAL OLMSTED HAS CALLED ON MR. NELSON AND ME AND F-20 33 F-3 34 STATED EMPHATICALLY THAT THE ARMY IS COUNTING ON SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF 35 F-30 36 INDIGENOUS CHINESE PRODUCTION TO FULFILL THE LATEST MILITARY SUPPLY PLANS. 37 F-31 38 THE CHINESE WAR PRODUCTION EFFORT HAS BECOME A KEY FACTOR IN SPEEDING THE WAR F-32 39 F-33 40 AGAINST JAPAN. THE ARMY FEEIS STRONGLY THAT THE AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION 41 F-34 42 MUST BE KEPT AT MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS so AS TO GIVE EVERY SUPPORT TO THE CHINESE F-4 43 44 WAR PRODUCTION BOARD. GENERAL OLMSTED URGES THAT THE MISSION SHOULD NOT BE FX01 45y 46\ TERMINATED UNTIL A PORT. AND A CORRIDOR ARE OPENED IN CHINA, AND MR. NELSON 47₹ MROT 48 AND I HAVE BOTH ACCEPTED THIS RECOMMENDATION IN KEEPING WITH OUR POLICY OF 49 FX40 50 FULL COOPERATION WITH THE ARMY. PARAGRAPH. UNTIL AFTER YOUR SUCCESSORS HAVE IG-00 51 52 VCNO SECRIT Make original only. Deliver to Code Room Watch Officer in person. (See Art. 76 (4) NAVREGS.) OPNAV 19-67