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

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NLT-105 a SECRET DISPATCH Copy 2 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERI SK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM ALUSNA MOSCOW PRRORPPPPPP 3 ROUTINE RELEASED BY 4 CNO DEFERRED S. 5 DATE 9 JULY 1945 BASEGRAM 6 TOR CODEROOM 082316 = SERVICET CHLLURDS Anu 7 an 8 COOK PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY 10 ROUTINE PARAPHRASED BALDWIN CHECKED 11 BY BY GARDNER DEFERRED 12 DITTOED BALDWIN BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY BY CONNORS 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED TH13 DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED with DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE ANO AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONA 15 CHECK BELOW PAGE 1 16 0817502 NCR 5652 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 (TOP SECRET AND PERSONAL FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY 22 OF STATE FROM HARRIMAN) 23 24 THE DRAFTS OF THE THREE AGREEMENTS HANDED SOONG BY STALIN REFERRED 25 TO IN MY 081310 ARE BRIEFED AS FOLLOWS: 26 27 28 (ONE) THE TEXT OF "TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND POST 29 WAR COLLABORATION" APPEARS TO FOLLOW THE GENERAL LINES OF SIMILAR 30 31 AGREEMENTS MADE BY THE SOVIET UNION IN EUROPE ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT 32 REFER TO ANY COMMON ENEMY BY NAME. IF IN THE PREAMBLE IT DOES HOW- 33 34 EVER SPEAK OF A STRENGTHENING OF FRIENDSHIP AS SERVING " THE CAUSE 35 36 OF COMMON STRUGGLE AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS". IN 37 38 ARTICLE ONE THE " HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES --- UNDERTAKE TO AFFORD 39 ONE ANOTHER MILITARY AND OTHER ASSISTANCE OF ALL KINDS IN THE STRUGGLEA 41 AGAINST AGGRESSION ON THE PART OF ENEMIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DIR- 42 ECTED AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION OR CHINA IN THIS WAR". THIS AGREEMENT 43 44 IS TO REMAIN IN FORCE FOR 20 YEARS AND TO CONTINUE UNLESS TERMINATED 45 46 BY ONE YEAR'S ADVANCE NOTICE. IN A SEPARATE CABLE - WILL SEND A TRANS- 47 48 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 081750Z