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

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DECLASSIFIED by authority of state Dept its to NLT-108 NARS 8-10-72 to NLT 4-12-73 Bul I copy 2 memo from NL EXACT TRANSLATION (U.S.) Litials BK2 Date 5/2-14 091510 (RESTRICTED) (CONFIDENTIAL) (SECRET) OP PRIORITY URGENT (PRIORITY) (ROUTINE) (DEFERRED) NI NDBLOWN BOBED REDHEAD UU PERGONAL AND TOPPECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY FROM HARRIMAN X' TRANSLATION OF TEXT PROPOSED BY STALIN OF QPOTE FRIENDSHIP FUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND POST WAR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE USSR AND EHE CHINESE REPUBLIC UNQUOTE REFERRED TO IN MY XEROEIGHTONESEVENFIVEXERO FOLLOWS X' QUOTE THE PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE USSR AND THE PRESIDENT IF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA X DESIROUS OF STRENGTHENING THE FRIENDLY RELATIONS EXISTING BETWEEN THE USSR AND CHINA X' DETERMINED TO ASSIST EACH OTHER IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST AGGRESSION ON THE PART OF ENEMIES OF THE UNITED STATEEEEEEEE UNITED NATIONS IN THIS WORLD WAR X' CONVINCED THAT THE STRENUTHENING OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA CORRESPONDS From Homain Reference No. 091510 NCR No. 6668 To Grender TOX Indicator TRUMAN Decoded by Date injuly 45 ARCHIVES SERVICE" 'NATIONAL AND RECORDS OPNAV 19-61 1/2