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

NAVAL MESSA NAVY DEPARTMENT DRAFTER EXTENSION NUMBER ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE 1 ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 2 FROM, EDWIN A. LOCKE, JR. / NSS PRIORITY P 3 JAMES A. JACOBSON 4 RELEASED BY ROUTINE DEPUTY IN CHARGE 5 AMERICAN PRODUCTION MISSION 6 21 AUGUST 1945 DEFERRED DATE CHUNGKING, CHINA 7 DECLASSIFIED by authority cf DEPT OF COMMENCE 8 TOR CODE ROOM LTR TO NARV 11-15-02 MEMO Fron NL To Rdo Hochwan P/C 9 PRIORITY 10 DECODED BY NLT 4-12-73 TROMAN 11 ED Initials BKZazo 5/21/14 ROUTINE . is c ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE" CORDS AND 12 13 DEFERRED 14 ROUTED BY 15 ERWISE INDICATED THIS-DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 16 CHECK BELOW 911450 803 17 18 19 ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME: DATE 8/21/45 TIME 011450 GCT 20 ON OUTGOING DISKATCHES P'LEASE LEAVE APOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT ACTION 21 22 F-0 Edwin A Locke sends to James A Jacobson 23 American Production Mission F-00 24 25 YOUR TWENTY-ONE CABLE ON TALK WITH GENERALISSIMO ENCOURAGING. F-01 26 F-02 27 IN YOUR LETTER TO HIM I RECOMMEND STRESSING IN GENERAL TERMS NEED FOR 28 F-05 29 GOVERNMENTAL REORGANIZATION FOR INDUSTRIAL REVIVAL PERIOD BUT STATING F-07 30 31 THAT HE WILL RECEIVE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ME AT TIME OF MY F-1 32 F-2 33 FORTHCOMING VISIT TO CHUNGKING. CHIEF POINT OF LETTER IN MY JUDGMENT 34 F-20 35 SHOULD BE URGENCY OF NEED FOR FIFTY BILLION APPROPRIATION AND NECESSARY F-3 36 37 AUTHORITY TO WPB TO OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY IN INTERIM PERIOD IN ORDER TO F-30 38 F-31 39 PREVENT LOSS OF ADVANCES IN GOVERNMENTAL EFFECTIVENESS AND PRODUCTION 40 F-32 41 COORDINATION ALREADY ACHIEVED. I TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT YOU WILL F-33 42 MY 43 NOT INCLUDE IN LETTER ANY OF THE ECONOMIC DATA CONTAINED IN/EIGHTEEN F-34 44 F-4 45 CABLE TO YOU SINCE FIGURES ARE INCOMPLETE AND PRELIMINARY. I 46 OBTLN FXO 1 47 CONGRATULATE YOU ON BROAD GAUGE HANDLING OF SITUATION. FX37 48 CCM 26-S 49 FX40 HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED 50 IG-00 51 BY SCR SECREIT 52 VCNO Make original only. Deliver to Code Room Watch Officer in person. (See Art. 76 (4) NAVREGS.) OPNAV 19-67 to u. s. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1944 16-41652-1