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

NLT-100 GECKET DISPATCH case DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM AMBASSADOR HARRIMAN PRPAPPPPP 2 3 ROUTINE RELEASED BY THE PRESIDENT 4 DEFERRED 10 JULY 1945 THE SECRETARY OF STATE 5 DATE BASEGRAM 6 7 TOR CODEROOM 0735/10 DECLASSIFIED by 8 State Dept S. PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY COOK/CONNORS NARS 8-10-72 memo from NL 10 PARAPH RASED CHECKED to NLT 4-12-73 SERVICES SENUROS And us = ROUTINE 11 BY CONNORS BY DEFERRED 12 CONNORS DITTOCONNORS Initials B52 ZDate5/21/74 BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY BY 14 UNLESS OTMERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 PAGE 1 OF 5 CHECK BELOW NCR 6668 16 091510 17 18 Originator fill 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 TOPSECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY FROM 22 HARRIMAN. 23 24 TRANSLATION OF TEXT PROPOSED BY STALIN OF "FRIENDSHIP MUTUAL 25 POST WAR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE USSR AND THE 26 27 28 CHINESE REPUBLIC" REFERRED TO IN MY 081750 FOLLOWS: "THE PRESIDIUM 29 OF THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE USSR AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE 30 31 NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, DESIROUS OF 32 STRENGTHENING THE FRIENDLY RELATIONS EXISTING BETWEEN THE USSR 33 AND CHENA, DETERMINED Fro ASSTST EACH OTHER IN THE STRUGGLE 34 AND CHINA, DETERMINED TO ASSIST EACH OTHER IN THE STRUGGLE 35 AGAINST AGGRESSION ON THE PART OF ENEMIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS 36 37 38 IN THIS WORLD WAR, CONVINCED THAT THE STRENGTHENING OF FRIENDSHIP 39 BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA CORRESPONDS TO THE SENTIMENTS 40 41 AND INTEREST OF BOTH PEOPLES AND WILL SERVE IN THE BEST WAY THE 42 CAUSE OF COMMON STRUGGLE AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF THE UNITED 43 44 NATIONS AS WELL AS THE NQVNPHOF PWALE AND ECONOMIC RECONSTRUC- 45 TION OF BOTH COUNTRIES, EXPRESSING THEIR UNSWERVING ASPIRATION 46 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. 091510 O PNAV 19-78