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

SECRET DISPATCH Copy 2 DRAFTER EXT. you ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM ALUSNA MOSCOW 5. 3 RELEASED BY ARCHIVES SERVICE" WECORDS 'NATIONAL AND NUMBER THE PRESIDENT ROUTINE 4 THE SECRETARY OF STATE DEFERRED DATE 14 AUG 1945 5 BASEGRAM 6 7 TOR CODEROOM 2002/14 DECLASSIFIED by authority of 8 CONNORS Department gather F.R.1945 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY 10 V.O.VII P.973 ROUTINE CHECKED 11 BY COMDR GARDNER BY Datefinity DEFERRED 12 DITTOED BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY CONNORS BY CONNORS 14 UNLESS OTMERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFREED, PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 PAGE 1 OF 3 1418452 NCR 2602 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T. 19 ON OUTGO ING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 FROM HARRIMAN TOP SEGRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY 22 OF STATE. 23 24 MOLOTOV ASKED ME TO CALL THIS AFTERMOON. HE EXPLAINED IN GENERAL 25 26 TERMS THE AGREEMENTS REACHED WITH THE CHINESE WHICH CONFIRMED 27 28 WHAT SOONG HAD TOLD ME AS REPORTED IN PRECEDING TELEGRAMS. 29 IT SEEMS HOWEVER THAT ONLY THE RAILROAD TO DAIREN, AND NOT THE 30 31 ROADS, IS SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED FROM MILITARY CONTROL. SOONG 32 HAS CONFIRMED THIS BUT CONSIDERS IT IS NOT IMPORTANT. MOLOTOV 33 34 AND SOONG HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE AGREEMENTS WOULD NOT BE PUB- 35 36 LISHED WUNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN RATIFIED BY THESCHINESE GOVERNMENT 37 38 WHICH SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN 10 OR 12 DAYS. 39 I SOUGHT HIS OPINION AS TO THE FUTURE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 40 41 NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS. HE REPLIED 42 THAT THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD MEET THE COMMUNISTS HALF 43 44 WAY AND DEAL WITH THE QUESTION ON A DEMOCRATIC BASIS. HE SAID 45 4€ THAT THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE A UNITED CHINA 47 48 49 No. 1 ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-1 OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 5: Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret" instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. 141845 O PNAV 19-78