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Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by Mr. Alger Hiss, Assistant to the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)
Colonel M. Preston Goodfellow of O.S.S. called me on the telephone and said that the two men from O.S.S. sent to Tibet have reported that the Cabinet of Tibet has through them requested a complete radio transmitting set for use for broadcasting within Tibet. Colonel Goodfellow went on to say that O.S.S. has such a set which could be made available for this purpose, and that Colonel Donovan and others in O.S.S. consider that the two men now in Tibet have done a good job of establishing friendly relations with the Tibetan authorities and that it would be helpful to our war effort in “the general area” if the set should be sent. Colonel Goodfellow asked whether I thought the Department of State would be interested in this question and upon my saying that in my opinion we would, he asked me to ascertain informally the views of the Department or the manner in which the Department would like to have the question raised with it by O.S.S. I undertook to do this and to inform him of the results of my inquiries as soon as possible.