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CR 10340 NLT-234 DIT 261456 AMERICAN EMBASSY OFFICE OF THE NAVAL ATTACHE LONDON 26 APRIL 1945 PRIORITY DECLASSIFIED by authority of PERSONAL AND TOP OCCRET F.R.1 145 (NATIONAL AND Vol.III P-244 . SERVICE" NUMBER 13 10 Initials TO: THE PRIME MINISTER FROM: THE PRESIDENT REFERRING TO YOUR NUMBER 13. IT APPEARS TO ME, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE ARMIES NOW IN THE SOVIET ZONE ARE AMERICAN, THAT ANY AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO REGARDING WITHDRAWAL TO THE DESIGNATED POST HOSTILITY ZONES OF OCCUPATION IN GERMANY AND AUS- TRIA SHOULD BE TRIPARTITE. I THEREFORE SUGGEST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT YOU ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO MARSHAL STALIN AND TO ME: "1. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ARMIES WILL SOON MAKE CON- TACT IN GERMANY WITH SOVIET FORCES, AND THE APPROACHING END OF GERMAN RESISTANCE MAKES IT NECESSARY THAT THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, AND THE SOVIET UNION DECIDE UPON AN ORDERLY PROCEDURE FOR THE OCCUPATION BY THEIR FORCES OF THE ZONES WHICH THEY WILL OCCUPY IN