Telegram from Alfred M. Bingham and Others to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Internal Note

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U Peter spouse W H.WB86 NL PD JUN 26 7 in All 12:00 NEW YORK NY JUN 25 1948 THE PRESIDENT 198 THE WHITE HOUSE X# RUSSIAN EFFORTS TO DRIVE WESTERN - POWERS FROM BERLIN Berlin Blockar ARE A CRUCIAL CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY SURRENDER mind WOULD DELIVER TO RUSSIAN VENGEANCE TWO MILLION- GERMANS WHO HAVE DEFIED COMMUNIST TOTALITARIANISM. THERE ARE DISTURBING RUMORS OF PLANS TO EVACUATE BERLIN BECAUSE OF RUSSIAN BLOCKADE AGAINST GERMAN CIVILIAN SUPPLIES ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES X.198- misel # 220 misal. I