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    "ocrText": "DECLASSIFIED\nTOP SECRET\nE. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and K(D) er\nDept. of State letter,\nH-1\nBar Ma.\n44 s NARS Date 2.2076\nCONFERENCE OF THREE FOREIGN SECRETARIES\nMoscow, 1945\nIntroductory Note\nThe Foreign Secretaries of the Soviet Union,\nthe United Kingdom, and the United States (v. M. Molotov,\nErnest Bevin, and James F. Byrnes, respectively),\nacting on the suggestion of Mr. Byrnes, met at Moscow\nfrom December 16 to December 26, 1945 in accordance\nwith the decision of the Crimea Conference, confirmed\nat the Berlin Conference, that there should be peri -\nodic consultation among them. While Mr. Molotov had\nE\nsmoker\nwelcomed the suggestion to hold the meeting, it had\nbeen necessary to persuade Foreign Secretary Bevin\nto reconsider his initial refusal to attend.\nMr. Bevin had at first opposed the proposed meeting\npartly because he was indignant at not having been\nconsulted by Mr. Byrnes before the latter made\narrangements with Mr. Molotov; partly because he did\nnot wish to discuss questions involving French and\nChinese interests in the absence of representatives\nof those two countries; partly because he feared that\nhasty and inadequate preparation would result in the\nmeeting's failure; and partly because he feared that\nholding such a conference just before the First\nSession, of the General Assembly of the United Nations\nmight imperil the Assembly's chances of success. At\nthe insistence of Ambassador Winant and Secretary\nByrnes, however, he finally agreed to attend the\nmeeting.\nDiscussions at Moscow took place on an informal\nand exploratory basis. An agenda was adopted, but\nit was agreed at the beginning that any questions\nthat the Foreign Secretaries desired to raise could\nbe introduced during the discussions, and that some\ncould be discussed informally without being placed\non the agenda at all.\nThe agenda proposed by the United States prior\nto the meeting at Moscow included eight items. The\nsixth, the transfer of the control of Manchuria to\nthe Chinese National Government, and the seventh,\nthe removal of Allied troops from Iran, were dropped\nTOP SECRET"
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