a guide - The George C. Marshall Foundation

October, 1944." A complete list of the titles of the scrapbooks
is included in the container list.
VII. CHINA MISSION
The 1 linear foot of materials concerning General Marshall's
China Mission (1945-1947)-his attempts to mediate
the civil war while head of the United States Mission to
China-are arranged in three series:
1. Correspondence
2. Memoranda
3. Writings
1. CORRESPONDENCE
This series makes up over three-quarters of this subgroup,
and is divided into two subseries:
a. General Correspondence, and
b. Marshall S. Carter Correspondence
a. General Correspondence
This subseries is mostly routine in content. Many of the
correspondents are Chinese nationals. There is, however, correspondence
with some of the same prominent figures with
whom Marshall corresponded as Chief of Staff. Among them
are General Dwight D. Eisenhower, W. Averell Harriman,
General George S. Patton, and President Harry S. Truman.
b. Marshall S. Carter Correspondence
This subseries consists of the files kept by General Marshall's
Special Representative in Washington. There are two sections
to this subseries. The first is a "chronological file" consisting
mainly of general correspondence which then Colonel Carter
conducted on Marshall's behalf. Often, this entailed passing
on to the appropriate persons messages which had been cabled
from Marshall in China to Carter in Washington. The second
part ofthis subseries is the "'classified" correspondence' which
includes the more sensitive and significant messages which
Carter handled for Marshall.
2. MEMORANDA
This series of four folders contains material touching on
Marshall's mission to China. Some are written by Marshall,
some are for Marshall's review, and still others are about
Marshall's work. The one folder of Gold Messages and related
memoranda were originally stored in several sealed envelopes.
A memorandum of April 5, 1947, included here, further explains
their provenance. The cables were security classified
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