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

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DICLASSIFIED by authority of S. past fittel F.K.1945 NLT-140 AND Vol.VII P.966 EXACT TRANSLATION (U.S.) U.S. SERVICOS Copy Initials $14 SOVERNMERT (RESTRICTED) (CONFIDENTIAL) (SECRET) OP PRIORITY URGENT (PRIORITY) (ROUTINE) (DEFERRED) HOLD YOUR HATS NN PERSONAL AND FOPSECRET FOR THE PBESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM HARRIMAN X SOONG WAS UNABLE TO SEE STALIN LAST NIGHT BUT IS SEEING HIM TONIGHT X IF COMPELLED TO DO so HE MAY MAKE SOME FURTHER CONCESSIONS REGARDING DAIREN IN ORDER TO RRACH AGREEMENT X I TOLD HIM THAT IF THESE MIGHT UNITED STATES POLICIES OR INTERESTS WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE CONSULTED RRIOR TO CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT X I TOLD HIM ALSO AS A MATTER OF RECORD THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED THAT MIS PRESENT PROPOSALS HAD FUVFILLED THE YALTA AGREEMENT AND THINT ANY FURTHER CONCESSIONS WOULD BE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE MADE BY THE CHINESE GOVERVEENT BECAUSE OF THE VLAVE IT ATTACHED TO OBTAINENC envirt SUPPORT IN OTHER DIRECTIONS X HE THOROUGHLY UNDERSTANDS AND ACCEPTS THE CORRECTNESS OF THIS POSITION x TT SOMERSAULTING SAMBO. From Reference No. NCR No. H To TOX Indicator Decoded by Date 8-10-45 OPNAV 19-61 (P)