Memorandum from President Harry S. Truman to Generalissimo Joseph Stalin with Attached Memorandum from Admiral William Leahy to President Truman

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FOR 20 July 1945 My dear Generalissimo: At the present time American air traffic between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. is accomplished via Teheran. From the United States point of view this is an extremely waste- ful use of critically needed air transport, in addition to the time lost in travel. The U.S. has now established a military transport service into Berlin for handling official U.S. traffic which could be made available for official Soviet traffic as well. I therefore aeek your approval to diverting American and Soviet traffic now carried through Teheran to a route through Berlin. : ARCHIVEA RECOROS Allo HARRY S. TRUMAN Generalissimo Stalin Headquarters Soviet Delegation International Conference Babelsberg, Germany DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or NL MEMO 4-12-73 Dept. of Stote letter, Ang. 10, 1972 By BKZ MARS Date 6-29-76