Telegram from Averell Harriman to President Harry S. Truman

DIVISION OF INFORMATION CENTRAL SERVICES COPY TELE DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTION MUST BE ENDORSED ON ACTION COPY INFO: U INCOMING TELEGRAM c A-R ALM M 8246 EUR Do paraphrase necessary. A-D Moscow via War DC/R-1 Dated December 24, 1945 Rec'd 8:59 a.m., 24th Secretary of State DECLASSIFIED Washington E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 US URGENT By WLTHE NARS Date 7.23.75 4265, December 24, 3 p-M. FROM THE SECRETARY FOR the PRESIDENT : ARCHIVES PATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE AMD . DELSEC 25 We have reached complete agreement as to the peace conference and resumption of the work on peace treaties with Italy and enemy Balkan states. China has eancurred. We have not definitely heard attitude of France but I hope to talk with Bidault this after- noon and secure the agreement of France. In my first conversation with Stalin on the peace conference be supported Molotov's position but later Stalin telephoned making concessions which made possible our agreement. As a result of a long confexence with Stalin yesterday afternoon, I now hope that we can make forward step towards settling the Rumanian-Bulgarian problems. We also discussed the Chinese situation, Iran SECRET