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

I P SECRET DISPATCH NLT-107 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM 1 FROM ALUSNA MOSCON 2 3 MECURDS ROUTINE RELEASED BY us SERVICET, 4 CNO SOVERNMENT DEFERRED 5 DATE 9 JULY 1945 FOR BASEGRAM 6 DICLASSI.ILD Ly authc.ity of 7 TOR CODEROOM 092247 8 Septig that F.R.1945 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY MILLER VolVI P.924 10 ROUTINE PARAPHRASED READV CHECKEDMILLER 11 BY BY Initials DEFERRED 12 DITTOED READY BY MILLER BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONA 15 CHECK BELOW 16 PAGE 1 OF 5 PAGES 0917302 NCR 6291 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T.- 19 DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 PERSONAL AND TOP SECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF STATE 22 FROM HARRIMAN. 23 24 25 SOONG ASKED ME TO CALL ON MIM AGAIN THIS MORNING TÓ DISCUSS 26 27 THE SITUATION CONFRONTING HIM IN NIS NEGOTIATIONS WITH STALIN, 28 29 WHOM HE EXPECTS TO SEE AGAIN TONIGMT, AND TO ASK MY PERSONAL 30 REACTIONS. 1 TOLD MIM THAT a HAD NOTHING FURTMER TO ADD TO WHAT 1 31 32 MAD PREVIOUSLY SAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR MESSAGE NR 308 JULY 33 REGARDING THE PROVISION IN TME YALTA AGREEMENT ON OUTER MONGOLIA. 34 35 ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GENERAL PROPOSALS AND 36 37 STALIN'S DEMANDS ON THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PORTS, 1 EXPRESSED 38 39 THE FERSONAL VIEW TNAT ALTHOUGH I WOULD BE PLEASED IF STALIN 40 ACCEPTED THE GENERALISSINO'S PROPOSALS 1 DID NOT-BELIEVE THAT HE 41 42 WOULD DO so. : CONSIDERED THE GENERALISSING WAS BEING UNREAL ISTIC 43 IN NOT CONCEDING MORE LIBERAL RIGITS AND PRIVILEGES TO THE SOVIETS, 44 45 46 AS IT SEEMED TO ME TMAT UNDER HIS PROPOSAL IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY 47 : IMPOSSIBLE, FOR THE RUSSIANS TO ESTABLISH A NAVAL BASE AT PORT 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-1 OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 0917302 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret" instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. O PNAV 19-78