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    "ocrText": "J. 333305MONOState\nGalley\n28\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nLIST OF PAPERS\nI. PRE-CONFERENCE DOCUMENTS\n1. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONFERENCES\nDate\nPaper\nPage\n1944\nJuly 17\nPresident Roosevelt to Marshal Stalin\nProposal for a meeting in September of Stalin, Churchill\nand Roosevelt in Scotland.\nJuly 18\nThe Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the President\nSuggestion for deletion of one sentence from the President's\nmessage to Stalin.\nJuly 18\nThe President to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union\nAuthorization for deletion of one sentence from message\nto Stalin.\nJuly 22\nMarshal Stalin to President Roosevelt\n-\nStalin's unwillingness to leave the Soviet Union because\nof the military situation.\nJuly 27\nPresident Roosevelt to Marshal Stalin\n-\nExpression of hope that the conference could be held as\n=\nearly as possible.\nSept. 24 The Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the President\nsi\nReport on talk with Stalin; Stalin's reluctance to travel\n-\nbecause of his health.\n-\n-\nOct. 4\nThe President to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union\n-\nHarriman's designation as observer at the forthcoming\n-\nChurchill-Stalin conversations.\n-\n-\nOct. 4\nPresident Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill\n-\nAttitude toward forthcoming Churchill-Stalin con-\n-\nversations.\n-\nOct. 8\nMarshal Stalin to President Roosevelt\n-\nComment on Churchill's proposed visit.\n-\n-\nOct. 17\nThe Commanding General, United States Military Mission in\n-\nthe Soviet Union, to the Joint Chiefs of Staff\n-\nIndication of Stalin's willingness to meet with Roosevelt\n-\nin the Black Sea area toward the end of November.\n-\n-\nOct. 19\nMarshal Stalin to President Roosevelt\n-\nAppraisal of the Moscow conversations; suggestion for a\n-\nmeeting of the three Heads of Government in the Black Sea\n-\narea the end of November.\n-\nOct. 22\nPrime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt\n-\nApproval of Stalin's suggestion.\n-\nOct. 22\nPresident Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill\nS\nQuestion of passage of the Dardanelles by ship; alternative\n-\nsuggestion of Athens or Cyprus for the conference.\n-\nOct. 23\nPrime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt\nS\nComment on the passage of the Turkish Straits and on\n-\nAthens or Cyprus as conference sites.\n-\n-\nOct. 24\nPresident Roosevelt to Marshal Stalin\nViews on the Churchill-Stalin conversations; suggestion\nS\nof Malta, Athens, or Cyprus as alternatives to the Black Sea\n-\narea for the tripartite conference.\n-\n-\nOct. 29\nMarshal Stalin to President Roosevelt\nS\nDesirability of the Soviet Black Sea coast as conference\n-\nsite.\n-\n-\nNov. 2\nPresident Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill\nS\nDisadvantages of the Black Sea area; suggestion of\n-\nPiraeus, Salonica, or Constantinople as alternatives.\n-\nNov. 5\nPrime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt\n-\nDisadvantages of the Black Sea area and Piraeus; sugges-\nS\ntion of Jerusalem or Alexandria as alternatives.\n-\nNov. 14\nPresident Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill\n-\nSuggestion that conference be postponed until after the\nPresident's inauguration in January.\nS\n-\nNov. 16\nPrime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt\n-\nRegret that conference cannot be held in December.\nS"
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