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TOP SECRET DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON November 7, 1948. WHITE 2 071820Z MEMORANDUM FOR THE WHITE HOUSE At the request of the Acting Secretary of State, please despatch the attached Top Secret telegram to the President with the following paragraph prefixed: "PLEASE PASS TO THE PRESIDENT FROM LOVETT THE ATTACHED MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM THE AMBASSADOR AT NANKING, MARKED ALSO FOR THE ATTENTION OF MR. CLARK CLIFFORD. FURTHER BACKGROUND TELEGRAMS ARE BEING SENT BY AIR POUCH. II : SERVICE'S RECORDS "NATIONAL AMD W. Walton Butterworth Director for Far Eastern Affairs Attachment: Nanking's telegram no. 2117, November 6, 1948. DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (R) Depr. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973 By NLT- He NARS Date 7-20-76 TOP SECRET