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

I WHITE HOUSE MAP ROOM DECLASSIFIED O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973 TOP SEGRET 20 JULY 195,5 Bg NLT H NARS Das 62tx THUMAN FROM: AMBASSADOR HURLEY TO : THE PRESIDENT Es ARCHIVES SERVICE" AND RECURDS NR : 195 6n most The follouing mossage is from the President Chiang for President Trumen: QUOTE. I cay Soviet Ambassador today and requested hin to send following message to Generalissino Stalin: *I wish to thank you most warly for your cordial reception to Dr. T. V. Soong and the frank and forthright cort. crence you hnd with him. *On the question of Outor liongolia 100 had expected that you would be satis fied with our not pressing the question although both in 1924 and in 1936 your Govornment had given categorical assurances recognizing that Outer liongolia is an integral part of China, preservation of the status quo could only moan that while the de fecto position is to be preserved the logal title of China in Outer golia is likewise to be undisturbed. Your insistence that China should recognize independence of Outer Mongolia comos as complete surprise. It will be against the traditional ecovictions of our people and it will prove most unwelcome to many memberes of my Governmento Nevertholess provided all other problema are satisfactor- ily settled I shall not shrink from this groatest sacrifice in order to renove what you consider as the autstanding stunbling block to lasting friendly relations be- turoen our two countries. The problemas I refer to are: (1) In order that administrative and military unity in China be achieved, Soviet Tuesia should not extend any moral or material aid to Chinese Communists; any assistance given China should be confined to the National Governments (2) A31 possible assistance to China in the Pacification of the Rebels in Siniciangs and (3) The territorial and administrative integrity of China in Manchuria be completely respected. As regazdo first two problems, I an -1- COPY NO. 4