Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Ambassador Averell Harriman
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OCR Page 1 of 5NLT-253
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SERVICE
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SOVERK MENT
16 APRIL 1945
FROM: OPNAV1945 APR 16
TO ALUSNA, MOSCOW
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Part one of five
NUMBER 244, TOP SECRET AND PERSONAL FROM THE PRESIDENT FOR AMBASSADOR
HARRIMAN.
You are instructed together with the British Ambassador who will receive
similar instructions to arrange immediately for an interview with Marshal Stalin
and hand to him the following text of a joint message from the Prime Minister
and myself. If you are unable to see Marshal Stalin before your departure, you
and the British Ambassador should transmit the message to Marshal Stalin through
the appropriate channels. (In the event that Ambassadors Harriman and Clark
Kerr have departed the Charge d'Affaires with his British colleague should
address a joint communication to Marshal Stalin transmitting the message from
the President and the Prime Minister.)
QUOTE. PERSONAL AND SECRET FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME MINISTER
FOR MARSHAL STALIN.
Part TWO
We are sending this joint reply to your messages of April 7 in regard
to Polish negotiations for the sake of greater clarity and in order that there
will be no misunderstanding as to our position on this matter. The British and
United States Governments have tried most earnestly to be constructive and fair
in their approach and will continue to do so. Before putting before you the
concrete and constructive suggestion which is the purpose of this message we
feel it necessary, however, to correct the completely erroneous impression
which you have apparently received in regard to the position of the British
and United States Governments as set forth by our Ambassadors under direct
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