Telegram from Harry Hopkins to President Harry S. Truman

SECRET DISPATCH NLT - 76 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDR. FROM ALUSNA MOSCOW 1 2 3 RELEASED BY ROUTINE CNO 4 DEFERRED DATE 1 JUNE 1945 5 FOR DECLASSIFIED by authority of BASEGRAM 6 TOR CODEROOM 011053 7 complaints 8 COOK DECODED BY Vel. V Pop 313 PRIORITY 9 10 PARAPHRASED CHECKED ROUTINE BY BALDWIN Initialsble Date: 673 11 BY GARDNER DEFERRED 12 DITTOED ROUTED BY BALDWIN BY BALDWIN BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITM DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 010930Z NCR 7077 17 18 Originator till in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use`G.C.T.) 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 (PERSONAL AND TOP SECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM HOPKINS) 21 22 23 24 SUPPLEMENTING MY 010020. ON RECONSIDERATION HARRIMAN AND 1 25 BELIEVE THE BEST PLAN WOULD BE THAT AT THE DINNER WHICH STAL IN 26 27 IS GIVING FOR ME TONIGHT / SHOULD FIND AN APPROPRIATE OCCASION 28 TO PRESS HARD FOR THE RELEASE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE ARRESTED 29 30 POLISH POLITICAL LEADERS WHO STALIN SAID WERE CHARGED ONLY WITH 31 ILLEGAL OPERATION OF WIRELESS TRANSMITTERS. I WILL TELL HIM THAT 32 33 34 I INTEND TO LEAVE SATURDAY TO REPORT TO YOU AND UNLESS THESE PRI- 35 SONERS ARE RELEASED 1 AM NOT HOPEFUL OF GETTING AGREEMENT ON START. - 36 37 ING THE CONSULTATIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE LIST OF NAMES HE HAS 38 OFFERED. 1 SHALL URGE HIM STRONGLY TO TAKE THIS ACTION. IF HE 39 40 SPECIFICALLY ASKS FOR A DAY'S DELAY I SHALL OF COURSE REMAIN UNT IL 41 SUNDAY. THE ABOVE PROGRAM IS ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU DO NOT IN-- 42 43 44 STRUCT ME OTHERWISE. IN WHICH EVENT I WILL OF COURSE REMAIN. 45 46 NAVAIDE (#1-3) 47 ACTION 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F- I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secretinstrietions containedin Article76,Navy Regulations COPY 1004 010930Z O.PNAV 19-78