Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Winston Churchill
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OCR Page 1 of 5CR 10340
NLT-234
DIT 261456
AMERICAN EMBASSY
OFFICE OF THE NAVAL ATTACHE
LONDON
26 APRIL 1945
PRIORITY
DECLASSIFIED by authority of
PERSONAL AND TOP OCCRET
F.R.1 145
(NATIONAL
AND
Vol.III P-244
. SERVICE"
NUMBER 13
10
Initials
TO:
THE PRIME MINISTER
FROM: THE PRESIDENT
REFERRING TO YOUR NUMBER 13. IT APPEARS TO ME,
PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE ARMIES NOW
IN THE SOVIET ZONE ARE AMERICAN, THAT ANY AGREEMENT
ENTERED INTO REGARDING WITHDRAWAL TO THE DESIGNATED
POST HOSTILITY ZONES OF OCCUPATION IN GERMANY AND AUS-
TRIA SHOULD BE TRIPARTITE.
I THEREFORE SUGGEST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT
YOU ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO MARSHAL STALIN
AND TO ME:
"1. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ARMIES WILL SOON MAKE CON-
TACT IN GERMANY WITH SOVIET FORCES, AND THE APPROACHING
END OF GERMAN RESISTANCE MAKES IT NECESSARY THAT THE
UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, AND THE SOVIET UNION
DECIDE UPON AN ORDERLY PROCEDURE FOR THE OCCUPATION
BY THEIR FORCES OF THE ZONES WHICH THEY WILL OCCUPY IN
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