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

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NLT-135 copy 2 EXACT TRANSLATION (U. S.) (RESTRICTED) (CONFIDENTIAL) (SECRET) OP PRIORITY URGENT (PRIORITY) (ROUTINE) (DEFERRED) VETCS BOSTON IEA PARTY DD PERSONAL AND TOPSECRET FOR THE PRESDIENT AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM HARRIMAN x AS A MATTER OF GENERAL INTEREST SOONG TOLD ME THAT STALIN SAID THE DISCUSSIONS AT POTSDAM WERE GENÉRALLY SATISFACTROY X HE FOUND PRESIDENT TRUMAN FRANK AND DIRECT X E HY SAID THAT SECRETARY BYRNES WAS ABLE AND WORKED HARD TO REACH AGREEMENT X HE EXPRESSEK HIS SURPRISE AND REGRET THAT CHURCHILL HAD A BEEN DEFEATED X HE DESCRIBED BEVIN AS FORCEFUL AND RESDURCEFUL YND THAT HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WNTEEEE HE WANTE D II TAILESS MONKEYS OF XAWBOANNT DECLASSIFIED by authority of Dept of state its TRUMAN to NAR 8-10-72 memo from NL to NLT 4-12-73 ARCHIVES SERVICE" NATIONAL ILCORDS AND Initials ALUSNA MOSCOW 081431 From Reference No. NCR 8473 CNO To TOX 2200 Indicator_ ROWON cook Decoded by Date. 8 AUG 1945 OPNAV 19-61 (P)