Telegram from Ambassador Averell Harriman to President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes

NLT-111 SECRET DISPATCH copy / DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ALUSNA MOSCOW MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE PRIOIRTY 1 FROM us NATIONAL PRIORITY 2 3 RELEASED BY ROUTINE 4 11 JULY 1945 COVERHMENT DEFERRED CNO 5 DATE FOR BASEGRAM 6 TOR CODEROOM 0306/11 DECLASSIFIED by authyrity of 7 State Dept lt to NARS 8-10-72 8 READY memo from NL PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY to UNLT 4-12-73 10 ROUTINE PARAPH RASED COOK CHECKED COOK 11 BY BY InitialsBB2 Date 5/21/74 DEFERRED 12 COOK DITTOED COOK ROUTED BY BASEGRAM 13 BY 14 UNLESS OTMERWISE INDICATED TH15 DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 PAGE 1 OF 4 CHECK BELOW 102330 16 NCR 7250 17 18 Originator till in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G, C. T. 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 (PERSONAL AND FOR SECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY 22 OF STATE FROM HARRIMAN) 23 24 SOONG SHOWED ME THIS MORNING THE DETAILED NOTES OF HIS TALK 25 WITH STALIN AND MOLOTOV LAST NIGHT. SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS WAS MADE. 26 27 THERE SEEMS TO BE AGREEMENT OVER OUTER MONGOLI IA. AFTER THE WAR 28 29 AGREES THAT CHINA WILL RECOGNIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF OUTER 30 31 MONGOLIA, PROVIDING A PLEBISCITE IS HELD WHICH FAVORS I NDEPENDENCE. 32 THIS AGREEMENT IS NOT TO BE ANNOUNCED UNTIL AFTER THE WAR. THIS 33 34 THE ABOVE IS SUBJECT TO FULL AGREEMENT ON ALL OTHER QUESTIONS 35 INCLUDING SOVIET UNION SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN 36 37 UNIFYING CHINA. A TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND ALLIANCE IN THE FORM 38 39 PROPOSED BY STALIN IS SATISFACTORY TO SOONG. THERE IS A 40 41 DIFFERENCE AS TO THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN OUTER MONGOLIA AND 42 SINKIANG. THIS IS TO BE LEFT FOR A BOUNDARY COMMISSION TO 43 44 DETERMINE. ALTHOUGH STALIN WOULD NOT ADMIT SOVIET ASSISTANCE TO 45 THE INSURGENTS IN SINKIANG HE AGREED THAT IT WOULD BE THE SOVIET 46 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F- I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRIT 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret" instruetions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. OPNAV 19-78