Telegram from Ambassador Averell Harriman to President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes

NLT. 101 P SECRET DISPATCH Copy / DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE URGENT 1 FROM ALUSNA MOSCOW PRIORITY 2 TRUNAR THE PRESIDENT 3 ROUTINE RELEASED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE 4 3 JULY 1945 s ARCHIVES SERVICE" 'NATIONAL AND DEFERRED 5 DATE FOR BASEGRAM 6 DECLASSI RyJ 7 TOR CODEROOM 1953 8 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY ROLL V.2.ILLAye912 10 ROUTINE PARAPHRASED ROLL CHECKED TALMAN 11 Litials He 0 13873 BY BY DEFERRED 12 DITTOED ROLL BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY BY ROLL 14 UNLESS OTHERNISE INDICATED TH13 DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRFD PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 PAGE 1 OF 5 031500 NCR 1632 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 21 PERSONAL AND FOR SECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT 22 AND THE SECRETARY FROM HARRIMAN 23 24 25 26 27 FOLLOWING SUPPLEMENTS MY 031200. 28 IN DISCUSSING THE OPERATION OF THE CHINESE EASTERN AND SOUTH MAN- 29 30 CHURIAN RAILROADS STALIN PROPOSED THAT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE RAILROADS 31 SHOULD BE RUSSLAN; THAT THEY SHOULD BE OPERATED BY A JOINT SOVIET- 32 33 CHINESE BOARD BUT THAT THE MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE RUSSTAN. SOONG CON- 34 TENDED THAT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE RAILROADS SHOULO BE CHINESE AND THAT 35 36 37 THEY SHOULD BE OPERATED BY A SOVIET-CHINESE COMPANY WITH JOINT RESPON- 38 SIBILITY AND A MIXED MANAGEMENT PARTLY CHINESE AND PARTLY RUSSIAN. 39 40 STALIN INDICATED THAT HE WAS INTERESTED ONLY IN THE MAIN LINES AND 41 NOT IN THE SUBSIDIARY LINES. MOLOTOV HOWEVER RAISED THE QUESTION OF 42 43 CONTROL OF THE COAL PRODUCTION FOR THE OPERAT ON OF THE RAILROAD. 44 STALIN AGREED THAT RUSSIA SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO MOVE TROOPS, ONLY 45 46 47 IN TIME OF WAR OR IN PREPARATION FOR THREAT OF WAR. 48 STALIN FURTHER AGREED THAT RUSSIA SHOULD NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE: No. 3F-1 OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret" instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. OPNAV 19-78