Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Winston Churchill
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OCR Page 1 of 3NLT - 240
CR DIT
PRIORITY
TOP SECRET AND PERSONAL
DECLASSIFIED by authority of
NUMBER 6
State Dept lt to
NARS 8-10-72
NL memo to NLT
4-12-73
TO:
THE PRIME MINISTER
s.
"NATIONAL
Initials BR21ate 5/20/14
FROM:
THE PRESIDENT
AND
us,
THE FOLLOWING QUOTED MESSAGE IS A PRELIMINARY
DRAFT OF THE MESSAGE WHICH I PROPOSE TO ISSUE FOLLOWING THE
MEETING OF THE ANGLO AMERICAN AND SOVIET ARMIES IN GERMANY
AT A DATE AND TIME THAT WILL BE AGREED UPON BY THE 3 OF US.
I WILL BE VERY PLEASED TO RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AND
SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU MAY WISH TO MAKE.
"THE ANGLO AMERICAN ARMIES UNDER THE COMMAND OF
GENERAL EISENHOWER HAVE MET THE SOVIET FORCES WHERE THEY IN-
TENDED TO MEET, IN THE HEART OF NAZI GERMANY. THE ENEMY HAS
BEEN CUT IN TWO.
THIS IS NOT THE HOUR OF FINAL VICTORY IN EUROPE,
BUT THE HOUR DRAWS NEAR, THE HOUR FOR WHICH ALL THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, ALL THE BRITISM PEOPLES AND ALL THE SOVIET PEOPLE HAVE
TOILED AND PRAYED so LONG.
THE UNION OF OUR ARMS IN THE HEART OF GERMANY HAS
A MEANING FOR THE WORLD WHICH THE WORLD WILL NOT MISS. IT
MEANS, FIRST, THAT THE LAST FAINT, DESPERATE HOPE OF HITLER
AND HIS GANGSTER GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED. THE
COMMON FRONT AND THE COMMON CAUSE OF THE POWERS ALLIED IN
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World War, 1939-1945
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