Telegram from Ambassador Averell Harriman to President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes

NLT- 101 SECRET DISPATCH Copy 2 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE URGENT 1 FROM ALUSNA MOSCOW PRIORITY 2 TRUMAN THE PRESIDENT 3 ROUTINE RELEASED BY is ARCHIVES NATIUNAL SERVICE VORDS AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE 4 DEFERRED DATE 3 JULY 1945 5 BASEGRAM 6 DECLASSIFIED by authority of 7 TOR CODEROOM 1953 1945 8 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY ROLL 10 ROUTINE PARAPH RASED CHECKED 11 ROLL TALMAN BY BY DEFERRED 12 DITTOED BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY_ ROLL BY ROLL 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRED PRECEDENCE ANO AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 PAGE 1 OF 5 031500 NCR 1632 17 18 Originator till in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T.) 19 ON OUTGOTING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR, SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 PERSONAL AND TOP SECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT 22 AND THE SECRETARY FROM HARRIMAN 23 24 25 26 27 FOLLOWING SUPPLEMENTS MY 031200. 28 IN DISCUSSING THE OPERATION OF THE CHINESE EASTERN AND SOUTH MAN- 29 30 CHURIAN RAILROADS STALIN PROBOSED THAT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE RAILROADS31 SHOULD BE RUSSIAN; THAT THEYSBHOULD BE OPERATED BY A JOINT SOVIET- 32 33 CHINESE BOARD BUT THAT THE MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE RUSSIAN. SOONG CON- 34 35 TENDED THAT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE RAILROADS SHOULD BE CHINESE AND THAT 36 37 THEY SHOULD BE OPERATED BY A SOVIET-CHINESE COMPANY WITH JOINT RESPONS. SIBILITY AND A MIXED MANAGEMENT PARTLY CHINESE AND PARTLY RUSSIAN. 39 40 STALIN INDICATED THAT HE WAS INTERESTED ONLY IN THE MAIN LINES AND 41 NOT IN THE SUBSIDIARY LINES. MOLOTOV HOWEVER RAISED THE QUESTION OF 42 43 CONTROL OF THE COAL PRODUCTION FOR THE OPERATION OF THE RAILROAD. 44 STALIN AGREED THAT RUSSIA SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO MOVE TROOPS ONLY 45 46 47 IN TIME OF WAR OR IN PREPARATION FOR THREAT OF WAR. 48 STALIN FURTHER AGREED THAT RUSSIA SHOULD NOT HAVE THE RIEHT TO :49 No. ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-1 OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret* instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. OPNAV 19-78