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

NLT-115 SECRET DISPATCH copy 2 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ALUSNA MOSCOW ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE PRIORITY 1 FROM PRIORITY 2 ARCHIVES 3. 'NATIONAL ANO 3 RELEASED BY ROUTINE RECURDS CNO 4 SERVICE" 13 JULY 1945 DEFERRED the 5 DATE BASEGRAM 6 TOR CODEROOM 1611/13 DICLASSI: I.D Ly authority of 7 8 COOK partif state P.R.145 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY Vol.VII Poy 933 10 ROUTINE PARAPH RASED CHECKED 11 BY COOK BY GERMANK Initials HE Date: 6.1.13 DEFERRED 12 DITTOED ROUTED BY COOK BY COOK BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIV IF OPERATIONAL 15 PAGE 1 OF 4 CHECK BELOW 1313537 NCR 9235 16 17 18 Originator till 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 SECRETARY OF 22 STATE FRONM HARRIMAN) 23 24 SOONG SAW STAKIN AND MOLOTOV AGAIN LAST NIGHT (THURSDAY) AND 25 OUTLINED THE MAXIMUM CONCESSIONS HE WAS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE 26 27 28 ALONG THE LINES OF MY LAST MESSAGE (NUMBERS D20015 AND 120755. 29 JULY 11 - 12) 30 31 AS TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE RAILROADS HE PROPOSED EQUAL NUMBER2OF NUMBER OF DIRECTORS WITH CHINESE TO BE CHAIRMAN WITHOUT 33 34 ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AS A COURTESY TO CHINA; THE MANAGER OF THE 35 THE CHINESE EASTERN TO BE RUSSIAN AND THE ASSISTANT MANAGER CH MES 36 37 CHINESE; THE MANAGER OF THE SOUTHERN MANCHURIAN TO BE CHINESE 38 39 WITH A RUSSIAN AS ASSISTANT MANAGER. HE PROPOSED THAT THE PORT 40 41 OF DAIREN SHOULD BE A FREE PORT UNDER CHINESE MANAGEMENT, BUT 42 OFFERED THE SOVIETS DOCKS AND STORAGE AREAS UNDER COMMERCIAL 43 44 LEASE FOR THEIR THROUGH TRAFFIC. HE EXPLAINED THAT FOR OBVIOUS 45 REASONS HE COULD NOT AGREE TO THE PORT OF DAIREN OR THE 46 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-1 OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret" instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. O PNAV 19-78