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

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NLT-133 WND V JMS1 Priority copy / From Pave Runo 071920 To musk TRUNAR DECLASSIFIED by authurity :f ox 350 BT. ARCHIVES SERVICE" NATIONAL LUUNDS AND Depet fittal F.R. 1945 Vol.VII P.957 Part I of 2 Initials He SLAP THAT MOSQUITO 00 PERSONAL AND TOPSECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF STATE FROM HARRIMAN X WHITE HOUS E NR THEEEONESIX RECEIVED X SOONG ARRIVED THIS AFTERNOON X HE TELLS ME CHUANG KAI SHEK HAS APPROVED THE PROPOSALS HE X SOONG X MADE TO STALIN ON HIS LAST VISIT ALONG THE LINES I HAVE REPORTED X CHIANG HAS AGREED HOWEVER THAT IF STALIN INSISTS THE SOVIET MILITARY XONE MAY EXTEND NORTH ON THE KWANRUNG PENINSULA TO THE LINE OF THE OLD RUSSIAN LEASE EXCEPT THAT THE PORT OF DAIREN AND THE CONNECTING RAILWAY MUST BE EXCLUDED REPEAT EXCLUDED FORM THE MILIAARY XONE X CHIANG FEELS THAT STALINS REQUEST FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOVIET DEFENSES IN THIS AREA IS REASONABLE S INCE THE SOVIETS ARE TO HAVE THE USE OF PORT ARTHUR AS A NAVAL BASE X GENERAL DEANE AND I SEE NO OBJECTION FROM - OUR STANDPOINT IN CHINAS MAKING THIS CONCESSION PROVIDING THE' AGREEMENT IS CLEAR THAT THE FREE PORT AREA OF DAIREN AND THE CONNECTING RAILWAY ARE NOT REPEAT NOT NN SHE SAID THE WYFERS COLD KXGCI