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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\nH-89\nDOCUMENT G\nEXTRACT\nGeneralissimo Stalin to President Truman,\nletter dated December 23, 1945\nI was glad to receive your letter; 1 handed to me\nby Mr. Byrnes, in which you write about the most im-\nportant questions which are now being discussed by us.\nI agree vith you that the peoples of the Soviet Union\nand the United States must strive to work together in\nthe cause of the restoration and maintenance of peace\nand that we must proceed from the fact that the com-\nmon interests of both our countries are higher than\nindividual differences between them.\nThe Conference of the three Ministers taking place\nin Moscow hag alrepdy produced its positive results. The\nsteps undertaken by you and by Mr. Byrnes böth on the\nquestion of Japan and on the question of peace treaties\nhave done much to facilitate the matter. It may be\nconsidered that agreement on these important questions\nhas been achieved and that work has been fulfilled a.t\nthe conference which will have great significance for\nthe establishment of the needed mutual understanding\nbetween our countries in this transitional period from\nwar to peace.\nThe question of atomic energy is still in process of\ndiscussion. I hope that on this question as well we will\narrive at a community of views and that a decision will\nbei worked out by joint efforts which will satisy both our\ncountries and also the other peoples.\nYou are of course informed concerning my first talk\nwith Mr. Byrnes, We shall also meet with him for othsr\ntalks. But I already believe it possible to say that on\nthe whole I regard optimistically the results of the ex-\nchange of views on current international problems which is\nnow taking place. between us, and I hope that this will\nopen uo further opnortunities for the coordination of the\npolicy of our countries on other questions.\nDECLASSIA.ED\nN. . 11652, Sec. 3(E) and *D) -/\nDept. of State I ter, 35152\nlDoc. F, p. H-87.\n- HC NARS Data 7.20.76\nTOP SECRET"
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