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

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NLT-102 S. Copy / EXACT TRANSLATION (U. S.) us. SERVICE* (RESTRICTED) (CONFIDENTIAL) (SECRET) OP PRIORITY URGENT AGGDE TORITY) (ROUTINE) (DEFERRED) SUNSHINE THINS FF PERSONAL AND TOPSECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECJETARY OF STATE FROM HARRIMAN X ITEM CALLED ON DR SOONG YNIS MORNING AND CARRIED OUT THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN WHITE HOUSE 041326 MESSAGE NR THREEXEROEIGHT NAVY NR XEROFOURONETHREETIOSIX REGARDING A OUTER MONGOLIA X HE REPEATED WHTT HE HAD SAID IN OUR FIRST TALK THAT YN HE WAS ASKING FOR THE INFORMATION FOR HIS oxG GUTDANCE AND THAT HE HAD NO RPT NO INTENTION OF BRINGING THE UNITED STATESS UNDERSTANDING OR INTERPRETATION OF THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE YALTA AGREEMENT INTO HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH STALIN X HE RECOGNIXEDEEEEE RECOGNIXES THAT THIS AOULD BE UNWISE FROM HIS OWN STANDPOINT AS WELL AS FROM THAT OF THE UNITED STATES X HE EXPECTS TO SEE STAL/TN TONIGHT AGAIN AND TO From Reference No. 0510307 NCR No. 3084 To TOX Indicator Decoded by Date study 45 DECLASSIFIED it authority of the F.B.V945 Val VII P.915 OPNAV 19-61 Initials Hc 0.128673