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SEGRET Patrick WAR DEPARTTMENT WASHINGTON of 25 fill War April 24, 1945. Dear Mr. President: I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as soon as possible on a highly secret matter. I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office but have not urged it since on account of the pressue you have been under. It, however, has such a bearing on our present foreign relations and has such an +386 important effect upon all my thinking in this field that I think you ought to know about it without much further delay. Faithfully yours, Henry h Stimson Secretary of War. x25 The The gratt White President, House. DECLASSIFIED E. o. 11632, Sec. 3(E) and 3(D) or (E) OSD letter, April 12, 1974 adaylo By NLT. He 9 NARS Date 2.2.76