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

NLT 134 SECRET DISPATCH copy 2 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE ALUSNA MOSCOW 1 FROM 5. UBGENTY PRIORTTY 2 "NATIONAL RELEASED BY AND ROUTINE 3 SERVIGE CNO 4 DEFERRED 5 DATE 8 AUGUST 1945 BASEGRAM 6 TOR CODEROOM 17292/8 DECLASSIFIED by authority of 7 8 READY DECODED BY Dept. father C.R.1945 PRIORITY 9 Vol.VII P.958 10 ROUTINE PARAPH RASED CHECKED 11 BY MILLER BY PACKARD MILLER Initials Me Dates-6-73 DEFERRED 12 DITTOED PACKARD ROUTED BY BASEGRAM 13 BY 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 081341 CHECK BELOW PAGE 1 OF 5. NCR 8375 16 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 OF STATE 22 FROM HARRIMAN.) 23 24 25 SOONG TOLD ME THIS MORNING OF HIS TALK WITH STALIN AND MOLOTOV 26 LAST NIGHT. AGREEMENT WAS REACHED REGARDING THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR 27 28 29 THE USE OF PORT ARTHUR AS A SOVIET NAVAL BASE. IN ORDER TO SAVE 30 FACE THERE IS TO BE SET UP A CHINESE-SOVIET MILITARY COMMISSION 31 32 TO SUPERVISE THE PORT AND THE CHINESE NAVY IS TO HAVE THE RIGHT 33 TO USE THE BASE BUT THE ADMINISTRATION IS TO BE BY THE SOVIET 34 35 MILITARY COMMAND. THE MILITARY ZONE WILL INCLUDE PORT ARTHUR AND 36 EXTEND UP THE KWANTUNG PENINSULA NORTH OF DAIREN BVT STALIN AGREED 37 38 39 THAT THE PORT OF DAIREN AND THE CONNECTING RAILWAY SHOULD BE EX- 40 CLUDED FROM THE MILITARY COMMAND. CIVIL ADMINISTRATION WOULD 41 42 REMAIN WITH THE CHINESE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SOVIET MILITARY 43 COMMAND IN so FAR AS SECURITY IS AFFECTED. STALIN REJECTED SOONG'S 44 45 OFFER THAT DAIREN SHOULD BE A FREE PORT UNDER CHINESE MANAGEMENT 46 47 WITH A COMMERCIAL LEASE OF PIERS AND STORAGE FACILITIES FOR SOVIET 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 Secret" instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. 081341 O PNAV 19-78