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DISPATCH NLT-404 copy / DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ALUSNA MOSCOW ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM PRIORITY 2 ROUIRENE 3 RELEASED BY 4 CNO DEFERRED DATE 20 AUG 1945 5 FOR BASEGRAM 6 7 TOR CODEROOM 0946/20 g. 8 COOK INATIONAL PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY AND 10 PARAPH RASED is SERVICE ROUTINE CHECKED 11 COOK BY BROOKS BY DEFERRED 12. DITTOED ROUTED BY COOK BY COOK BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRED PRECEDENCE AND AS AOMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 200840 NCR 1319 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T. ) 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT O,N E INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 22 (FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM HARRIMAN) 23 24 25 26 WE HAVE RECEIVED A FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF A PORTRAIT OF 27 28 STALIN ENDORSED "TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN WITH VERY BEST WISHES 29 30 FROM HIS FRIEND I STALIN". I AM FORWARDING THIS TO WASHINGTON 31 32 BY FIRST SAFE MEANS. 33 34 DICLASSIZIED by authority of 35 state Dept lt to 36 NARS 8-10-72 NL memo EONGT 37 4-12-73 38 39 Initials B2 Date 5/21/71 40 41 NCR ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION: 42 43 44 45 NAVAIDE (#1 THRU #3).......ACTION 46 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 SECRET 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret" instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. O PNAV 19-78