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

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DECLASSIFIED by authority of NLT-112 F.R. 1945 Copy / vol. VIII P.928 EXACT TRANSLATION (U. : S.) $. 6.13 as iss SERVICE KECORDS OTHER (RESTRICTED) (CONFIDENTIAL} (SECRET) OP PRIORITY URGENT (PRIORITY) (ROUTINE) (DEFERRED) LETS GO FOR A STROLL DD PERSONAL AND TOPSECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM HARRIMANX' I-SAW SOONG AGAIN AFTER HIS MEETING WITH MOLOTOV FEEE REFERRED TO IN MY PRECEDING CABLE NR ONEXERO 102320 TWOTHREETWOXERO X' MOLOTOV AGREED TO CONCLUDE A CIVIL AFFAIRS AGREEMENT N ALONG THE LINES OF THE SOVIET DASH CXECH AGREEMENT WIQH THE NAATONAL M GOV ROHENT REGARDING MANCHURIA AND THE OTHER CHINESE TERRITORY OCCUPIED BYMSOVIET TROOPS X' EXCEPT HE DECLINED TO COMMIT HIMSELF TO WITHDWAWAL OF SVEIE SOVIET TROOPS WITHIN THREE MONTH6 AFTERNTHE TERMINATION OF HOSTILITIES UNTIL HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT STALIN X NO OTHER PRMGRESS WAS MADE ON ANY OF THE POINTS OF DIFFERENCE REGARDING THE LVOTOL cuco IVU. ST PORTS ANDD THE RAILROADS X' MOLOTOVXRILL INSISTS ON CPKPLETE SOVIET Decoded by Date DOMINATION X SOONG IS AWAITING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM CHIANG X OPNAV 19-61 Probably July 45 no date (7-11-45) NCR 7242 1/2