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

NLT-106 P SECRET DISPATCH Copy 2 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ALUSNA MOSCOW ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM 1 FROM PRIORITY 2 is ARCHIVES SERVICE" 'NATIONAL AND ROUT.I.NE 3 ROUTINE RELEASED BY 4 DEFERRED 9 JULY 1945 CNO 5 DATE BASEGRAM 6 7 TOR CODEROOM 0213/09 DECLASSIFIED by authority of 8 COOK Dept. state F.R. 1945 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY 10 Vol.III Poys 924 ROUTINE PARAPHRASED COOK CHECKED 11 COOK BY - BY Dite 8-6-73 DEFERRED 12 DITTOED COOK BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY BY 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED TH13 DISPATCH BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 081800 NCR 5730 CHECK BELOW 16 17 18 Originator till 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 (PERSONAL AND TOPSEC FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY FROM 22 HARRIMAN) 23 24 25 AS THE TIME IS so SHORT BEFORE THE BERLIN MEETING AND AS 26 IT SEEMS DOUBTFUL THAT SOONG WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN REACHING 27 28 AGREEMENT WITH STALIN 1 RECOMMEND THAT IMMEDIATE STEPS BE TAKEN TO 29 PREPARE FOR USE AT BERLIN A STUDY OF OUR INTERPRETATION OF THE 30 31 YALTA AGREEMENT SPECIFICALLY THE TERMS WHICH WE BELIEVE CHINA 32 SHOULD GRANT THE ! SOVIET GOVERNMENT IN REGARD TO THE PORTS AND 33 34 35 RAILROADS AND WHAT ACTION SHOULD BE EXPECTED OF CHINA AT THIS 36 TIME IN CONNECTION WITH PRESERVATION OF STATUS QUO IN OUTER 37 38 MONGOLIA. IN ADDITION I SUGGEST THAT PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE 39 FOR A DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THE CHARACTER OF THE PROPOSED FOUR 40 41 POWER TRUSTEESHIP FOR KOREA. 42 43 NCR ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION: COPIES #4 & #5 TO NAVAIDE PER 44 REQUEST OF NAVAIDE 45 NAVAIDE(#1 DELIVERED #3 INCLU) the THE ACTION STATE 46 NCR HAS NOT - TO 47 DEPARTMENT. 48 :49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-1 OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret' instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. O PNAV 19-78