This collection contains documents related to General George C. Marshall's mission to achieve a cease-fire between Communist and Nationalist forces in the Chinese civil war. Supporting materials include photographs and oral histories.
The Chinese Civil War: General George C. Marshall's Mission to China, 1945-1947
Documents
1945
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to General George C. Marshall, with Attachments, December 1945 (NAID: 290015466)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Memorandum from Edwin Locke to President Harry S. Truman, December 18, 1945 (NAID: 205716059)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1945 (NAID: 750235)
1946
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Memorandum from Secretary of State James Byrnes to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Message, June 1946 (NAID: 290015657)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Notes, December 1946 (NAID: 290015641)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letters from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman (NAID: 290015636)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Notes and Draft Reply, November 16, 1946 (NAID: 290015630)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, November 11, 1946 (NAID: 290015625)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, November 1946 (NAID: 290015620)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Message from General George C. Marshall to the War Department, November 8, 1946 (NAID: 290015615)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, November 4, 1946 (NAID: 290015612)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, October 1946 (NAID: 290015607)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, October 17, 1946 (NAID: 290015603)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, October 1946 (NAID: 290015596)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, October 10, 1946 (NAID: 290015591)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Notes, October 1946 (NAID: 290015584)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and General George C. Marshall, with Related Material, September 1946 (NAID: 290015577)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to General George C. Marshall, September 26, 1946 (NAID: 290015574)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, September 1946 (NAID: 290015569)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, September 1946 (NAID: 290015564)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, August 23, 1946 (NAID: 290015556)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, August 17, 1946 (NAID: 290015552)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, August 16, 1946 (NAID: 290015548)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, August 2, 1946 (NAID: 290015544)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Memorandum from George Elsey to Rose Conway, with Attachments (NAID: 290015537)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, July 22, 1946 (NAID: 290015534)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, July 11, 1946 (NAID: 290015531)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Notes, June 26, 1946 (NAID: 290015526)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, June 23, 1946 (NAID: 290015523)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, June 20, 1946 (NAID: 290015520)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, June 1946 (NAID: 290015512)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note, June 13, 1946 (NAID: 290015509)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Message from General George C. Marshall to the War Department, May 26, 1946 (NAID: 290015506)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Message from General George C. Marshall to the War Department, May 22, 1946 (NAID: 290015501)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Message from General George C. Marshall to the War Department, May 12, 1946 (NAID: 290015498)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and General George C. Marshall, with Related Material, February 1946 (NAID: 290015489)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
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Memorandum from Edwin Locke, Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment, December 1946 (NAID: 205716238)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Telegram from John Leighton Stuart to Secretary of State James Byrnes, November 19, 1946 (NAID: 205716236)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum from President Harry S. Truman to the Acting Secretary of State, with Attachments, October 1946 (NAID: 205716224)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum from Acting Secretary of Will Clayton to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Memorandum of Conversation, September 1946 (NAID: 205716209)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Correspondence Between Secretary of Defense James Forrestal and President Harry S. Truman (NAID: 205716199)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Will Clayton to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments, September 1946 (NAID: 205716190)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Letter from V. K. Wellington Koo to President Harry S. Truman, August 28, 1946 (NAID: 205716186)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments, August 1946 (NAID: 205716175)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum from John Carter Vincent to Matthew Connelly, with Attachment, August 12, 1946 (NAID: 205716171)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum, Background on Situation in China, July 31, 1946 (NAID: 205716162)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum from General Alfred Wedemeyer to General Dwight Eisenhower, March 8, 1946 (NAID: 205716155)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum from Secretary of State James Byrnes to Matthew Connelly, with Attached Memorandum from James Shepley to President Harry S. Truman (NAID: 205716148)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum from Secretary of State James Byrnes to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment, February 21, 1946 (NAID: 205716145)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Congressman Hugh De Lacy, February 1946 (NAID: 205716142)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Congressman Hugh De Lacy, February 1946 (NAID: 205716138)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum from Colonel J. W. Bowen to General Harry Vaughan, with Attached Letter from General George Marshall to President Harry S. Truman (NAID: 205716133)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum from William J. Hopkins to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Material, January 1946 (NAID: 205716107)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Congressman Hugh De Lacy, January 12, 1946 (NAID: 205716101)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum from Samuel Rosenman to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments (NAID: 205716096)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: China: 1946 (NAID: 750236)
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Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams, January 21, 1946 (NAID: 200251375)
Part of:
- Collection: Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561071)
- Series: State Department Briefs Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 561079)
- File Unit: January - May, 1946 (NAID: 1701891)
1947
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Memorandum from Secretary of State James Byrnes to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Note, January 3, 1947 (NAID: 290015648)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Subject Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602191)
- File Unit: Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: Marshall, George C.: War Department (NAID: 750331)
Undated
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Oral History Interview with Henry Byroade (NAID: 200804)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)