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

NLT-112 P SECRET DISPATCH Copy 2 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE S. TROMAN ASTERI SK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE FROM ALUSNA MOSCOW PRIORITY 1 'NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND PRIORITY 2 ACCORDS SERVICE" 3 RELEASED BY ROUTINE 4 " JULY 1845 CNO DEFERRE,D 5 DATE BASEGRAM 6 0245/11 7 TOR CODEROOM DECLASSIFIED by authority of 8 READY Dept. q tate F.R.145 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY 10 PARAPH RASED CHECKED VILI 928 ROUTINE COOK COOK 11 BY BY Initials GK DEFERRED 12 DITTOED ROUTED BY COOK BY COOK BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPAICH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 102350 NCR 7242 17 18 Originator fill 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 TOP SECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY 22 OF STATE FROM HARRIMAN) 23 24 I SAW SOONG AGAIN AFTER HIS MEETING WITH MOLOTOV REFERRED 25 26 TO IN MY PRECEDING CABLE NUMBER 102320. MOLOTOV AGREED TO CONCLUDE 27 28 A CIVIL AFFAIRS AGREEMENT ALONG THE LINES OF THE SOVIET DASH 29 CZECH AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT REGARDING 30 31 MANCHURIA AND THE OTHER CHINESE TERRITORY OCCUPIED BY SOVIET 32 TROOPS, EXCEPT HE DECLINED TO COMMIT HIMSELF TO WITHDRAWAL 33 34 OF SOVIET TROOPS WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE TERMINATION OF 35 HOSTILITIES UNTIL HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT STALIN. 36 37 38 NO OTHER PROGRESS WAS MADE ON ANY OF THE POINTS OF DIFFERENCE 39 REGARDING THE PORTS AND THE RAILROADS. MOLOTOV ON 40 41 COMPLETE SOVIET DOMINATION. SOONG IS WATTNING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS 42 FROM CHIANG. HE WILL THEN SEEK AN INTERVIEW WITH STALIN AND 43 44 PRESENT THE FINAL POSITION OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. 45 46 NAVAIDE(#-#5)....ACT NCR HAS NOT DELIVERED TO STATE DEPT. 47 EXTRA COPIES SUPPLIED. 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-I 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