Office of the Historian

Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270: Telegram

General Marshall to President Truman19

[Nanking,] June 30, 1946.

[1029.] Dear Mr. President: Reference my previous message 1028 a few hours ago please strike out sentence commencing “however drastically” and substitute the following sentence. “The Generalissimo laid great emphasis on the necessity for harsh measures or demands to safeguard the Government against the uncertainties of agreements with the Communists and also against future hostile threats or actions by them to influence political negotiations.”

G. C. Marshall
  1. Copy transmitted by the War Department to the Secretary of State on June 30.↩