Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Winston Churchill
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OCR Page 1 of 2CR8503
NLT-207
D/T 161507
DECLASSIFICO by authurity of
State Dept its to
NARS 8-10-72
NL memo to NLT
4-12-73
16 MAY 1945
Initials BK2 Date 5/21/19
PRIORITY
PERSONAL AND TORSFORET
NUMBER 42
TO:
THE PRIME MINISTER
us AND
FROM:
THE PRESIDENT
YOUR NUMBERS 50 AND 51 RECEIVED, AND I AM
PLEASED WITH YOUR AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULD AWAIT
RESULTS OF OUR MESSAGES TO TITO BEFORE DECIDING
UPON FURTHER ACTION.
TO CLARIFY UNDERSTANDING OF MY MESSAGE 37
( YOUR 51), BEGINNING, *UNLESS TITO SHOULD ATTACK,
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, ETC., IT MEANS DEFINITELY THAT
I AM UNABLE AND UNWILLING TO INVOLVE THIS COUNTRY
I N A WAR WITH THE YUGOSLAVS UNLESS THEY SHOULD
ATTACK US, IN WHICH CASE WE WOULD BE JUSTIFIED IN
USING OUR ALLIED FORCES TO THROW THEM BACK TO A
DISTANCE THAT WOULD PRECLUDE FURTHER ATTACK ON OUR
TROOPS.
(SIGNED) TRUMAN
Mr. Gallman
Aden Stash
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