Telegram from Ambassador Averell Harriman to President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes

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NLT-105 SECRET DIS,PATCH Copy / DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM s. ALUSNA MOSCOW puero PPPPPP 3 RELEASED BY U. SERVICET, SECUROS ROUTINE 4 CNO SOVERN MENT DEFERRED 5 DATE 9 JULY 1945 FOR BASEGRAM 6 7 TOR CODEROOM 082316 Lauthority of 8 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY COOK 10 Vol.VI P.92) ROUTINE PARAPHRASED CHECKED 11 BY BALDWIN BY GARDNER DEFERRED 12 DITTOED Date. 9.6.73 BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY BALDWIN BY CONNORS 14 UNLESS OTMERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 PAGE 1 0817502 NCR 5652 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T. 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 (FOP SECRET AND PERSONAL FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY 22 23 OF STATE FROM HARRIMAN) 24 25 THE DRAFTS OF THE THREE AGREEMENTS HANDED SOONG BY STAL IN REFERRED 26 TO IN MY 08:310 ARE BRIEFED AS FOLLOWS: 27 28 (ONE) THE TEXT OF *TREATY OF FRIENDSNIP MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND POST 29 WAR COLLABORATION* APPEARS TO FOLLOW THE GENERAL LINES OF SIMILAR 30 31 32 AGREEMENTS MADE BY THE SOVIET UNION IN EUROPE ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT 33 REFER TO ANY COMMON ENEMY BY NAME. IF IN: THE PREAMBLE IT DOES HOW- 34 35 EVER SPEAK OF A STRENGTHENTING OF FRIENDSHIP AS SERVING " THE CAUSE 36 OF COMMON STRUGGLE AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF THE UNATED NATIONS". IN 37 38 ARTICLE ONE THE " HTGH CONTRACTING PARTIES que UNDERTAKE TO AFFORD 39 ONE ANOTHER MILITARY AND OTHER ASSISTANCE OF ALL KINDS IN THE STRUGGLE 41 42 AGAINST AGGRESSION ON THE PART OF ENEMIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DIR- 43 ECTED AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION OR CHINA IN THIS WAR* THIS AGREEMENT 44 45 IS TO REMAIN IN FORCE FOR 20 YEARS AND TO CONTINUE UNLESS TERMINATED 46 BY ONE YEAR'S ADVANCE NOTICE. IN A SEPARATE CABLE I WILL SEND A TRAN9² 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-1 OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 COPY NO. $ Handle *only in accordance with "Top Secret* instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations OPNAV 19-78 : 081750Z