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

NLT. 111 SECRET DISPATCH copy 2 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ALUSNA MOSCOW ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE PRIOIRTY 1 FROM PRIORITY 2 3 RELEASED BY ROUTINE 4 11 JULY 1945 DEFERRED DATE CNO 5 S. BASEGRAM 6 TOR CODEROOM 0306/11 "NATIUNAL DECLASSIFIED by authority of 7 State Dept its to 8 SERVICE SEBURUS NARS 8-10-72 DECODED BY READY PRIORITY 9 memo from N L 10 to NLT 4-12-73 CHECKED ROUTINE PARAPH RASED 11 BY COOK BY COOK Initials BKZ Date 5/20/7 DEFERRED 12 DITTOED ROUTED BY COOK BY COOK BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWI'EE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRED PRECEDENCE AND AS AOMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONA 15 CHECK BELOW PAGE 1 OF 102330 th 16 NCR 7250 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T. 19 ON OUTGO ING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 (PERSONAL AND TOP SECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY 22 OF STATE FROM HARRIMAN) 23 24 SOONG SHOWED ME THIS MORNING THE DEVAILED NOTES OF HIS TALK 25 WITH STALIN AND MOLOTOV LAST NIGHT. SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS WAS MADE. 26 27 28 THERE SEEMS TO BE AGREEMENT OVER OUTER MONGOLIA. AFTER THE WAR 29 CHIANG AGREES THAT CHINA WILL RECOGNIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF OUTER 30 31 MONGOLIA, PROVIDING A PLEBISCITE IS HELD WHICH FAVORS INDEPENDENCE. 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 38 UNIFYING CHINA. A TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND ALLIANCE IN THE FORM 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 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret' instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations. COPY NO. O PNAV 19-78