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    "ocrText": "J. .333305-MONO-State\nGalley\n72\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nAthens, sending ahead one of my transport Flagships on which to\nlive. Yalta is also intact, though the roadstead is open and we\nshould probably have to live ashore.\nROOSEVELT\nRoosevelt Papers: Telegram\nThe Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the President\n1\nSent by the United States Naval Attaché, Moscow, via Navy channels.\nTOP SECRET\nMoscow, 14 December 1944.\n[Received 15 December.]\nPersonal and Top Secret for the President from Harriman.\nI talked with Marshal Stalin this evening about the proposed\nmeeting and explained that you wished the meeting to take place\nsomewhere in the Mediterranean. He said he knew that and had\nanswered you that he could not go to the Mediterranean. He sug-\ngested Odessa where he was already having prepared suitable facilities\nashore. He said if you preferred to go to the Crimea or the eastern\npart of the Black Sea where it was warmer anywhere down to Batum\nhe would be agreeable. I explained the many reasons why you were\ninsisting on the Mediterranean and the difficulties of the Black Sea\nemphasizing particularly that you wished to be on a naval vessel\nand not to fly. He said eventually that he would consult his doctors\nas to whether they would allow him to fly to the Mediterranean.\nHe\nsaid that he would see me again in about a week to give me some\ninfo on certain military matters and I hope to have another chance\nto discuss the matter.\nStalin appeared well.\nRoosevelt Papers: Telegram\nThe Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the President\n1\n1 Sent by the United States Naval Attaché, Moscow, via Navy channels.\nSECRET\nMoscow, 15 December 1944.\n[Received 16 December.]\nPersonal and Secret for the President from Harriman.\nSupplementing my\n[telegram of December 14] sent last night\nreporting on my talk with Stalin about the place of the proposed meet-\ning although Stalin definitely left the door open for consideration of\nthe Mediterranean I do not feel too optimistic that he will finally agree\nto go there. It was my definite impression however that he wanted to\naccede to your request and he spoke rather regretfully when he said\nhe would have to consult his doctors again.\nHe brought the subject of the meeting up himself and indicated\nthat he was anxious to have it take place promptly after the inau-\nguration."
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