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

P-SECRET DISPATCH copy 2 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE PRIORITY 1 FROM ALUSNA MOSCOW $. PRIORITY 2 NAILUNA 3 ROUTINE RELEASED BY 4 us, DEFERRED DATE 7 JULY 1945 CNO 5 OF BASEGRAM 6 7 TOR CODEROOM 1815/07 D_C_Acs. y uniturily uf 8 MILLER Dept pstet F.R. 945 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY 10 V.P. VII Poy 919 ROUTINE PARAPHRASED COOK CHECKED 11 BY COOK BY Dates +-6-73 DEFERRED 12 DITTOED ROUTED BY COOK BY COOK BASEGRAM 13 14 UNLE SS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 PAGE 1 OF 2 071545 NCR 4725 CHECK BELOW 16 17 18 Originator till in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T. 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 (PERSONAL AND TOP SECRET FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY OF 22 STATE FROM HARRIMAN) 23 24 ITEM TOOK THE OCCASION OF SOONGS LUNCH WITH ME INFORMALLY 25 TODAY TO INFORM HIM OF THE PRESIDENTS AND YOUR DESIRE TO BE 26 27 CONSULTED BEFORE ANY ARRANGEMENTS WERE CONCLUDED BASED ON THE 28 29 YALTA AGREEMENT. HE READILY AGREED. REFERENCE WHITE HOUSE MESSAGE 30 31 NUMBER 310 NAVY NUMBER 061511. I ALSO INFORMED MOLOTOV THIS AFTERNOON AFTERNOON. HE ASKED WHETHER YOU HAD IN MIND CONSULTATION AT BERLJN 33 34 OR BEFORE. I EXPLAINED THAT IF AN UNDERSTANDING WERE REACHED IN 35 THE NEXT FEW DAYS I ASSUMED THAT YOU WOULD WISH TO BE INFORMED 36 37 AT ONCE. HE SAID HE WOULD CONSULT STALIN. BOTH MOLOTOV AND SOONG 38 TOLD ME THERE HAD BEEN NO MEETING SINCE MONDAY BUT THAT SOONG 39 40 41 WOULD SEE STAL8N TONIGHT. I HAVE HAD TWO LONG TALKS WITH SOONG 42 SINCE MY MESSAGE TO YOU NUMBER 051030. HIS REPLY FROM CHIANG WAS 43 44 DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE LATTERS ABSENCE FROM CHUNGKING. SOONG HAS 45 INFORMED ME OF HIS LATEST INSTRUCTIONS. AS HE HAS A CERTAIN 46 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F- I 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. 19-78