Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Winston Churchill

DECLASSIFIED by authority of NLT-294 product conf F.R.H 16 VII P.F 8. Th SECEGRET Initials.Ve. Date: 7-7-73 12 May 1945 TOP PRIORITY em is AND 15 From: GOMAND 1214497 5850 15 To : Alusna, London NUMBER 36. TOP SECRET AND PERSONAL FROM THE PRESIDENT FOR THE PRIME MINISTER. Your Number 40. I would much prefer to have Stalin propose the meeting and believe it is worth while to endeavor, through our Ambassadors, to induce him to propose the meeting. If such an effort fails, we can then consider our issuing an invitation jointly or severally. When and if such a meeting is arranged, it appears to me that in order to avoid any suspicion of our "ganging up" it would be advantageous for us to proceed to the meeting place separately. When the conference ends, if my duties here do not make it im- possible, I shall be very pleased to make a visit to England where you and I may discuss fully our common interests and problems. I am fully in agreement that the next few months will decide questions of the greatest consequence to the whole world. TRUMAN Released from the White House Map Room at 1214492, May, 1945. Robert wa. Boque ROBERT wo. BOGUE, CFSSM e2 Li eut enant, USNR day WYE GFSSM CZU g TOP-SECRET