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NLT-262 DECLASSIFIED by authority of state Dept lb to NARS 8-10-77 TOP CECRET NL memo to NLT PRIORITY 4-12-73 21 APRIL 1945 Initials FROM: OPNAV TO : ALUSNA, LONDON 211646Z NCR 2355 NUMBER 8, PERSONAL AND TOP SECRET, FROM THE PRESIDENT FOR THE PRIME MINISTER. Replying to your No. 11, I will see that General Eisenhower is given instructions to inform the Soviet, British, and United States Governments at earliest possible date the day when an announcement may be made by the three Chiefs of Government of the Soviet-Anglo-American Armi est meeting in Germany. In order that the announcement may be made simultaneously in the three capitals, I would like to have your agreement that the hour of the day recommended by Eisenhower be twelve o' clock noon Washington time. I am sending an identical message to Stalin. S. TRUMAN ARCARTIONAL AND U.S. SERVICL GOVERN t Released from the White House Map Room at 2116462 April 1945. Rolun tu Boque ROBERT W. BOGUE, Lieutenant, USNR. TAMES 5 , SECRET

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