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TOP 19 May 1945 TOP BECRET PRIORITY 7257 FROM: OPNAV 192258Z NCR TO: ALUSNA MOSCOW PERSONAL AND TOP SECRET FROM THE PRESIDENT FOR MARSHAL STALIN, NUMBER 267. I am sure you are as aware as I am of the difficulty of dealing by exchange of messages with the complicated and important questions with which we are faced. Pending the possibility of our meeting I am therefore sending Mr. Harry Hopkins with Ambassador Harriman.to Moscow in order that they may have an opportunity of discussing personally with you these matters. Following these talks Mr. Hopkins will return immediately to Washington in order to report personally to me. They plan to arrive in Moscow about May 26. I would appreciate your letting me know if this time is convenient for you. TRUMAN TRUMAN DECLASSIFIED by authority of e ARCHIVES "NATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE" AND something Initials add Date 1550 Released from the White House Map Room Rowan, at 192258Z May 1945. Robertw Roque 14.05 Robert W. Bogue Lieutenant USNR TOF Bal