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    "ocrText": "J. 333305MONO-State\nGalley\n62\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nRoosevelt Papers Telegram\nThe Commanding General, United States Military Mission in the Soviet\nUnion (Deane), to the Joint Chiefs of Staff\n[Excerpt] 1\n1 Printed in full, post, p. -\nTOP SECRET\nMoscow, 17 October 1944.\nPRIORITY\nEYES ONLY\nM. 21412\nStalin then said that Mr. Hopkins, with the approval of the\nPresident, had talked with Mr. Gromyko and he had indicated that\nthe President was anxious to meet with Marshal Stalin somewhere\nin the Black Sea area. He said unequivocally that he would be\ndelighted to meet the President and was prepared to so do toward\nthe end of November.\nRoosevelt Papers\nMarshal Stalin to President Roosevelt 1\n1 Apparently transmitted by the Soviet Embassy, Washington. A handwritten\nnotation on original reads: \"Reed. 22/1900\".\nTranslation 2\n2 Appears on the original.\nSecret and Personal from Premier J. V. Stalin to President Franklin\nRoosevelt.\n1. During the stay of Mr. Churchill and Mr. Eden in Moscow we\nhave exchanged views on a number of questions of mutual interest.\nAmbassador Harriman has, certainly, informed you about all impor-\ntant Moscow conversations. I also know that the Prime Minister\nhad to send you his estimate of the Moscow conversations. On my\npart I can say that our conversations were extremely useful for the\nmutual ascertaining of views on such questions as the attitude towards\nthe future of Germany, Polish question, policy in regard to the Balkan\nStates, and important questions of further military policy. During\nthe conversations it has been clarified that we can, without great\ndifficulties, adjust our policy on all questions standing before us,\nand if we are not in a position so far to provide an immediate necessary\ndecision of this or that task, as for example, on the Polish question,\nbut nevertheless, more favourable perspectives are opened. I hope\nthat these Moscow conversations will be of some benefit from the\npoint of view that at the future meeting of three of us, we shall be\nable to adopt definite decisions on all urgent questions of our mutual\ninterest.\n2. Ambassador Gromyko has informed me about his recent conver-\nsation with Mr. Hopkins, in which Mr. Hopkins expressed an idea\nthat you could arrive in the Black Sea at the end of November [and]\nmeet with me on the Soviet Black Sea coast.³ I would extremely\n3 See the Hopkins' memorandum in Sherwood, pp. 844-845.]\nwelcome the realization of this intention. From the conversation\nwith the Prime Minister, I was convinced, that he also shares this"
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