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

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DICLASSITIED by authority of i state Dept ltits NARS 8-10-72 memo from NL EXACT TRANSLATION (U.S.) to NLT 4-12-73 Initials BR4 Bate 5/21/24 (RESTRICTED) (CONFIDENTIAL) (SECRET) OP PRIORITY URGENT (PRIORITY) (ROUTINE) (DEFERRED) or AS FAR AS OUSSIA WAS CONCERNED BUT THAT HE COULD OF COURSE TAKE NO RESOONSIBILTTY FOR THE CHINESE X IN SPITE OF STALINS ASSURANCES IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BELIEVS THAS THERE CAN BE A TRULY FREE PORT UNDER SOVIET MANAGEMENT WITH SECURITY CONTROL BY SOVIET SECRET POLICE AND TT RUBY ROSY LIPS s. sta PART FIVEAND LAST ROWON TEZWR WHAT WOULD A GREEK SAY " SECRET POLICE AND I SEE NOTHING IN THE YALTA AGREEMENT WHICH WOULD OBLIGATE US TO SUPPORT SUCH AN ALREEEEEEEEEEE SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT HH HE POLISHED THE HANDLE OF THE BRASS DOOR CB From Reference No. 082330 NCR No. NCR8779 To TOX. Indicator Decoded by Comme Date 8-8-45 OPNAV 19-61 (P)