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

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NLT- 14 I SECRET DISPATCH copy DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE URGENT 1 FROM ALUSNA MOSCOW S. PRIORITY 2 0 ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE" "COORDS AND 3 ROUTINE RELEASED BY 4 DEFERRED DATE 14 AUGUST 1945 5 CNO BASEGRAM 6 1242/14 DECLASSIFIED Ly 7 TOR CODEROOM 8 COOK certificate FR 1945 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY VIL , VII P.971. 10 ROUTINE PARAPHRASED CHECKED 11 BY COOK BY BROOKS D I 4.6.73 DEFERRED 12 DITTOED ROUTED BY COOK BY COOK BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 PAGE 1 OF 5 141040 NCR 2402 CHECK BELOW 16 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T. 19 ON OUTGOINO DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 (PERSONAL AND TOP SECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY OF 22 STATE FROM HARRIMAN) 23 24 SOONG CAME TO AGREEMENT WITH STALIN LAST NIGHT ON ALL 25 OUTSTANDING POINTS AT ISSUR. HE OUTLINED THE AGREEMENT VERBALLY 26 27 AS FOLLOWS: 28 (1) BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE RAILROADS WILL BE EQUALLY 29 30 CHINESE AND SOVIET BUT ONE OF CHINESE WILL BE CHAIRMAN AND IN 31 32 CASE OF A DIFFERENCE THE CHAIRMAN WILL HAVE THE DECIDING VOTE. 33 34 IN RETURN FOR THIS SOONG HAS AGREED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A SINGLE SOV I SOVIET MANAGER OF BOTH RAILROADS WITH A CHINESE ASSISTANT MANAGER. 36 37 NO SOVIET GUARDS ARE PERMITTED ON THE RAILROADS. 38 (2) IN TIME OF PEACE SOVIET MILITARY WILL EXERCISE NO 39 40 AUTHORITY IN CITY AND PORT OF DAIREN INCLUDING THE CONNECTING 41 42 RAILWAY AND ROADS. IN THE EVENT OF WAR THE SOVIET MILITARY WILL 43 44 ASSUME AUTHORITY. THE CHINESE WILL ADMINISTER THE CITY OF DAIREN. 45 THERE WILL BE A MASTER OF THE PORT WHO WILL BE SOVIET.SELECTED 46 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F- - I 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