Telegram from Ambassador Averell Harriman to President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes
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SECRET DISPATCH
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DRAFTER
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ADDRESSEES
PRECEDENCE
ASTERI SK
(*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE
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FROM
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ROUTINE
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DATE
9 JULY 1945
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TOR CODEROOM
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PRIORITY
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DECODED BY
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ROUTINE
PARAPHRASED
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BY
BY GARDNER
DEFERRED
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DITTOED
BALDWIN
BASEGRAM
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ROUTED BY
BY CONNORS
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UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED TH13 DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED with DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE ANO AS ADMINISTRATIVE
IF OPERATIONA 15
CHECK BELOW
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Originator till in DATE AND TIME GROUP
(Use G. C. T.
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ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT
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(TOP SECRET AND PERSONAL FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY
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OF STATE FROM HARRIMAN)
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THE DRAFTS OF THE THREE AGREEMENTS HANDED SOONG BY STALIN REFERRED
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TO IN MY 081310 ARE BRIEFED AS FOLLOWS:
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(ONE) THE TEXT OF "TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND POST
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WAR COLLABORATION" APPEARS TO FOLLOW THE GENERAL LINES OF SIMILAR
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AGREEMENTS MADE BY THE SOVIET UNION IN EUROPE ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT
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REFER TO ANY COMMON ENEMY BY NAME. IF IN THE PREAMBLE IT DOES HOW-
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EVER SPEAK OF A STRENGTHENING OF FRIENDSHIP AS SERVING " THE CAUSE
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OF COMMON STRUGGLE AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS". IN
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ARTICLE ONE THE " HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES --- UNDERTAKE TO AFFORD
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ONE ANOTHER MILITARY AND OTHER ASSISTANCE OF ALL KINDS IN THE STRUGGLEA
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AGAINST AGGRESSION ON THE PART OF ENEMIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DIR- 42
ECTED AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION OR CHINA IN THIS WAR". THIS AGREEMENT
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IS TO REMAIN IN FORCE FOR 20 YEARS AND TO CONTINUE UNLESS TERMINATED
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BY ONE YEAR'S ADVANCE NOTICE. IN A SEPARATE CABLE - WILL SEND A TRANS-
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No. I ADMIRAL.
No. 2 FILE.
No. 3F-1 OR CHARTROOM.
No. 4 SPECIAL. 50
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TOP SECRET
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Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret" instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations
COPY NO.
OPNAV 19-78
081750Z
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