Telegram from Harry Hopkins to President Harry S. Truman

DECLASSIFIED by authority of 3. NLT-71 ARCHIVESA AND RIMATIONAL Fonf Vol.IP.41 EXACT TRANSLATION (U. S.) Initials He RESTRICTED) (CONFIDENTIAL) (SECRET) OP PRIORITY URGENT (PRIORITY) (ROUTINE) (DEFERRED) SILVER LEAVES DD PERSONAL AND TOP SECRET FOR THE EYES OF THE PRESIDENT ONLY FROM HOPKINS X PARA X HARRIMAN AND ITEM SAW STALIN AND MOLOTOV FOR THE THIRD TIME LAST NIGHT X PARA X FOLLOWING ARE THE IMPORTANT RESULTS X KK ONE KK THE SOVIET ARMYGWILL BE PROPERLY DEPLOYED ON THE MANCHURIAN POSITIONS BY AUGUST EIGHT RPT AUGUST &IGHTH X KK TWO KK STALIN REPEATED THE STATEMENT HE HAD EEEUEFEE THE STATEMENT HE MADT AT YALTA THAT THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE MUST HAVE A GOOD REASON FOR GOING TO WAR AND THAT DEPENDED ON THE WILL'INGNESS OF CHINA TO ACREE TO THE YALTA PROPOSALS x KK THRZE KK HE STATED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT HE WAS WILLING TO TAKE THESE PROPOSALS UP DIRECTLY WITH SOONG WHEN HE COMES TLAMOSCOW X HE WANTS TO SEE SOONG NOT LATER THAN JULY. FIRIT AND EXPECTS US TO TAKE MATTER UP AT THE SAME TIME WITH CHIANG KAI SHEK X BECAUSE OF STALINS STATEMENTS ABOUT THE FAR EAST WHICH FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE SEEMS MOST DESIRABLE FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW x KK FOUR KK HE LEFT NO DOUBT cc RICE AND GRAVY ROCK SALT AA IN OUR MIND THAT HE INTENDS TO ATTACK DURING AUGUST X ITHIS THÉREFORE IMPORTANT THAT SOONG COME HERE NOT LATER THAN JULY - ONE RPT JULY ONE X STALIN IS READY TO SEE HIM ANY TIME NOW X E KK FIVE KK STALIN MADE CATEGORICAL STATEMENT THAT HE WOULD DO 10 TOX indicator Date 291154 4541 Decoded by OPNAV 19-61 29 may 45