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ADDRESSEES
PRECEDENCE
ASTERISK (*) MATLGRAM ADDRESSEE
URGENT
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FROM
AMBASSADOR HARR I MAN
PRIORITY
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THE PRESIDENT
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ROUTINE
RELEASED BY
TRUMAN
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
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DEFERRED
ARCHIVES 'NATIONAL AND
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DATE
3 JULY 1945
BASEGRAM
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is
SERVICE"
DICEASSI.I.I. is authority of
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TOR CODEROOM
1354/3
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PRIORITY
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DECODED BY
CONNORS
Vol. VII 1910
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ROUTINE
PARAPHRASED
CHECKED
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BY
CONNORS
BY BALDWIN
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DEFERRED
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CONNORS
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ROUTED BY
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UNLESS TH13 DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS AOMINISTRATIVE.
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Originator till in DATE AND TIME GROUP
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ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT
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PERSONAL AND TOPSECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY DF
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STATE FROM HARRIMAN.
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AT SOONG'S REQUEST I CALLED ON NIM THIS MORNING. HE GAVE ME TO
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READ THE DETAILED NOTES IN ENGL ISH OF HIS SECOND TALK WITH STALIN
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WHICH TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT, MOLOTOV, LOZOVSKY, COMMISSAR OF
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND PETROV WERE PRESENT.
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SOONG IS MOST DISTURBED BY STALIN'S INSISTENCE THAT THE IMTERPRETATION
OF "STATUS QUO IN OUTER MONGOLI IA SHALL BE PRESERVED" MEANS THAT THE
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CHINESE GOVERNMENT SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF OUTER
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MONGOLIA. SOONG ARGUED THAT THIS SHOULD BE INTERPRETED TO MEAN THAT
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CHINA WOULD NOT RAISE THE ISSUE AT THE PRESENT TIME BUT WOULD
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ALLOW THE SITUATION THAT PRESENTLY EXISTS TO CONTINUE. HE TOLD
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STALIN THAT CHINA COULD NOT AGREE TO THE CESSJON OF TERRITORY,
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THAT IT WOULD COMPLICATE THE QUESTION OF TIBET, AND THAT NO
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GOVERNMENT OF CHINA COULD LAST IF IT CEDED OUTER MONGOLIA. HE
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EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE DEEP IN CHINESE
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No. I ADMIRAL.
No. 2 FILE.
No. 3F- I OR CHARTROOM.
No. 4 SPECIAL.
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Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret " instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations
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