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    "ocrText": "J. 333305-M ONO-State\nGalley\n70\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\n4. There is, in my opinion, much doubt whether U. J. would be\nwilling or able to come to an Adriatic port by January 30th, or that\nhe would be willing to come on a non-Russian vessel through this\nextremely heavily-mined sea. However, if he accepts we shall, of\ncourse, be there. I note you do not wish the French to be present.\nI had thought they might come in towards the end in view of their\nvital interests in the arrangements made for policing Germany, as\nwell as in all questions affecting the Rhine frontiers\n5. Even if a meeting can be arranged by the end of January, the\ntwo and a half intervening months will be a serious hiatus. There are\nmany important matters awaiting settlement, for example, the\ntreatment of Germany and the future world organization, relations\nwith France, the position in the Balkans, as well as the Polish question,\nwhich ought not to be left to moulder.\nPRIME\nRoosevelt Papers\nMarshal Stalin to President Roosevelt 1\n1 Apparently transmitted by the Soviet Embassy, Washington.\nTranslation 2\n2 Appears on the original.\nPersonal and Secret from Premier J. V. Stalin to President F. D.\nRoosevelt.\nIt is greatly regretted that your naval organs doubt the expedience\nof your initial supposition that the Soviet coast of the Black Sea\nshould be chosen as the meeting place for the three of us. The sug-\ngested by you date of the meeting at the end of January or beginning\nof February has no objections on my part, but at the same time I\nhave in mind that we shall succeed in choosing as a meeting place one\nof the Soviet port cities. I still have to take into consideration the\nadvice of the doctors about the danger of long trips.\nI still hope, however, that we shall succeed, if not right now, then\nsomewhat later to agree finally upon an acceptable for all of us meeting\nplace.\nI am sending you my very best wishes.\nNOVEMBER 23, 1944.\nRoosevelt Papers: Telegram\nPresident Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill 1\n1 Sent to the United States Naval Attaché, London, via Navy channels.\nTOP SECRET\n[WASHINGTON,] 26 November, 1944.\nPRIORITY\nNumber 658. Top Secret and Personal from the President for the\nPrime Minister.\nYour 825.² Uncle Joe has now replied to my message in regard to\n2 Ante, p. -\nthe tripartite meeting forwarded to you in my 650.³\n3 See footnote 3, p.-."
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