Telegram from Ambassador Averell Harriman to President Harry S. Truman

NLT- t6 EXACT TRANSLATION (U. S.) (RESTRICTED) (CONFIDENTIAL) (SECRET) OP PRIORITY URGENT (PRIORITY) (ROUTINE) (DEFERRED) WATAL SHALLOW PARKING UU PERSONAL AND TOPSECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM HARRIMAN X' PARA X' ITEM HAVE DELIVERED THIS MORNING YOUR MESSAGE TO STALIN WHITE HOUSE NUMBEF TWOEIGHTXERO X' JUNE TNO X' REGARDING RESUMPTION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH FINLAND X' RUMANIA X' BULGARIA AND HUNGARY X' PARA X AFTER FULL DISCU SION WITH HOPKINS AND OTHERS HERE ITEM TOOK THE LIBERTY OF ELIMINATING THE PHRASE REFERRING TO FINLAND NOT HAVING BEEN IN A STATE OF WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES AS WE ALL FELT STRONGLY THAT THIS WOULD CAUSE A SERIOUS MISUNDERSTANDING ON THE PART OF STALIN THAT WE DID NOT TAKE SUFFICIENTLY INTO ACCOUNT FINLANDS ACTION WITH GEXMANY AGAINST RUSSIA X AS THE DELETION DID "NOT AFFECT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE CABLE ITEM FELT THAT YOU WOULD NOT OBJECT TO OUR MAKING THIS CHANGE COWHATS IN A NAME DECLASSIFIED by authority of state Dept tate NARS 8-10-72 from NL to NLT 4-12-13 Initials BH20115/21/74 MAK INDHT ALUSNA LOSCON 071743Z NXR 2306 From Reference No. NCI. end To TOX 2306 Indicato ROWON CCM-14S Decoded b: X-GERMAN Date 7 JUNE 1945 OPNAV 19-61 (P)