Memorandum from President Harry S. Truman to Generalissimo Joseph Stalin with Attached Memorandum from Admiral William Leahy to President Truman

TOP BEORE 21 July 1945 My dear Generalissimo: It has become highly desirable because of increasing operations of naval and air forces adjacent to Japan and Siberia to augment the facilities for the collection and dis- semination of weather information in Eastern Siberia. The increased services should be equally beneficial to the Soviet Union. Weather in the Japan and Japan Sea Area is affected not only by weather movement from West to East over Eastern Siberia but also by the movement associated with typhoons which pass from the Western Pacific northward over Japan. It is considered that the above urgent needs can best be met through expension of the United States communica- tions net by providing equipment and liaison personnel for establishment of radio stations and weather controls at Khaba- rovsk and Petropavlovsk. United States personnel would consist of approximately 60 officers and men at Khabarovsk and 33 officers and men at Petropavlovsk. Details of this proposal have been previously communicated to the Soviet General Staff. Because of the important bearing of weather on current and future operations, early accomplishment of these proposed improvements is most important. I, therefore, urge your approval and the issuance of the necessary in- structions for the early completion of the detailed arrange- ments by our respective staffs. is RECORDM HARRY S. TRUMAN Generalissimo Stalin Headquarters Soviet Delegation International Conference Babelsberg, Germany DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) NL MEMO 4-12-73 Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 BK2 MARS Date 6.28-76