Telegram from Edwin A. Locke, Jr. to James A. Jacobson

NAVAL MESSAGE NAVY DEPARTHA DRAFTER EXTENSION NUMBER ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE EDWIN A LOCKE, JR. ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 2 PRIORITY P PRESIDENT 3 RELEASED BY 4 MR. JAMES A. JACOBSON ROUTINE 5 DATE a is ARCHIVES SERVICE" "NATIONAL muckes AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION 13 JULY 1945 AND DEFERRED 6 CHUNGKING, CHINA 7 TOR CODEROOM ALIUSAN CHeing King 8 DECLASSIFIED by authority of 9 DEPT. OR COMMERCE LR. PRIORITY 10 FANTASY COBNESS MM TONARS 11-15-72 11 MEMO FROM HL To ROUTINE 12 NLT 4-12-73 DEFERRED 13 ROUTED BY Icitials 14 15 UNLES WISE INDICATED e DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE *N> AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL NCR6259 16 CHECK BELOW 17 18 19 ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME: DATE 13 JULY 1945 TIME 0200 GCT 20 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXI Rdo Washington sends. FROM Edwing A Locke Jrs ACTION 21 F-0 22 to games A Jacobson american Production Mession 23 eleughing F-01 24 HAVE NOTED WITH GREAT INTEREST YOUR REVISED REPORT OF CONVERSATION F-02 25 26 WITH DR. WONG AND REPORTS OF SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS ON LEND LEASE REQUIRE- F-05 27 28 F-07 MENTS WITH CHINESE WAR PRODUCTION BOARD. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT PRESENT 29 F-1 30 LEND LEASE DISCUSSIONS ARE INTERFERING WITH OUR EFFORTS TO STIMULATE F-2 31 32 INCREASED CHINESE WAR PRODUCTION, AND I REQUEST THAT YOU INFORM GENERAL F-20 33 34 F-3 WEDEMEYER AND AMBASSADOR HURLEY PROMPTLY OF THE EFFECTS OF THESE LEND 35 F-30 36 LEASE TALKS ON YOUR OPERATIONS. WOULD SUGGEST YOUR ARRANGING IF POSSIBLE 37 F-31 38 FOR WEDEMEYER, HURLEY AND YOU ACTING JOINTLY TO CALL IN WILLAUER, AND F-32 39 F-33 40 INFORM HIM OF RELEVANT PASSAGES OF MY JULY 5 MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT. 41 F-34 42 WILLAUER'S AGREEMENT SHOULD BE OBTAINED TO HOLD FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH F-4 43 44 THE CHINESE ON LEND+ LEASE ONLY AT SUCH TIMES AS WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH FX01 45 46 FX30 THE PRESENT DRIVE FOR THE INCREASED WAR PRODUCTION SO VITAL TO THE COMING 47 FX37 48 OFFENSIVES. THE DETERMINATION OF THESE TIMES MIGHT WELL BE A MATTER OF 49 FX40 50 JOINT DECISION BY WEDEMEYER, HURLEY AND YOURSELF. IG-00 51 52 VCNO STORET 300, Make original only. Deliver to Code Room Watch Officer in person. (See Art. 76 (4) NAVREGS.) OPNAV 19-67