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DECLASSIFIED by authority of
State Dept lets to
NARS 8-10-72
memo from NL
EXACT TRANSLATION (U.S.)
to NLT 4-12-73
Initials BR2 Dote 5/21/14
(RESTRICTED)
(CONFIDENTIAL)
(SECRET)
OP PRIORITY
URGENT
(PRIORITY)
(ROUTINE)
(DEFERRED)
TEHRAN AND YALTA X HIS EXPLANATION OF THIS ACTION ON HIS PART WAS
THAT HIS RECOMMENDATION HAD BEEN TURNED DOWN AT YALTA AND MORE
SPECIFICALLY THAT EDEN AND STRANG ON BEHALF OF THE BRITISH HAD STATED
THAT DISMEMBERMENT WAS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED ONLY AS A LAST RESORI
AND
THAT WINANT x WHO WAS PRESENT AT THE CONFERENCE AT WHICH THIS
DISCUSSION TOOK PLACE IN LONDON X INTERPOSED NO OBJECTION X HENCE
S.
STALIN STATED THAT IT WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT BOTH GRH
A
U.S.
AND
OPBRITAN AND THE UNITED STATES WERE OPPOSED TO DISMEMBERMENT X ITEM
TEEFEEEE UNDERTOOK TO TELL HIM THAT THIS WAS NOTTHE CASE x THAT WHILE
- YOU HAD MADE NO FINAL DECISION IN REGARD TO THIS X THE UNITED
From
Reference No. 341415
NCR No. 5444
To
TOX
Indicator
Decoded by
Date
2
OPNAV 19-61
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