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

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NLT-107 and P SECRET DISPATCH Copy 2 DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE 1 FROM ALUSNA MOSCOW S. PARPAPPPP2 CENTER 3 ROUTINE RELEASED BY CNO SERVICE SECURUS 4 DEFERRED 5 DATE 9 JULY 1945 DICLASSITIED by authority of BASEGRAM 6 995 7 TOR CODEROOM 092247 particital F.R.A 8 MILLER Vol. VII P.924 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY 10 Initials.Vs. Date:-6.13 ROUTINE PARAPHRASED READY CHECKED MILLER 11 BY BY DEFERRED 12 READY DITTOED MILLER BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY BY 14 UNLESS OTMERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRRFD PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW PAGE 1 OF 5 PAGES 091730Z NCR 6291 16 17 18 Originator fill 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 SECRETARY OF STATE 22 FROM HARRIMAN. 23 24 25 SOONG ASKED ME TO CALL ON HIM AGAIN THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS 26 27 THE SITUATION CONFRONTING HIM IN HIS NEGOTIATIONS WITH STALIN, 28 29 WHOM HE EXPECTS TO SEE AGAIN TONIGHT, AND TO ASK MY PERSONAL 30 REACTIONS. I TOLD HIM THAT I HAD NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD TO WHAT 31 32 HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR MESSAGE NR 308 JULY 4 33 REGARDING THE PROVISION IN THE YALTA AGBEEMENT ON OUTER MONGOL IA. 34 35 ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GENERAL .ISSIMO'S PROPOSALS AND 86 37 STALIN'S DEMANDS ON THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PORTS, I EXPRESSED 38 39 THE PERSONAL VIEW THAT ALTHOUGH i WOULD BE PLEASED IF STALIN 40 ACCEPTED THE GENERALISSIMO'S PROPOSALS I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT HE 41 42 WOULD DO so. I CONSIDERED THE GENERALISSIMO WAS BEING UNREALISTIC 43 IN NOT CONCEDING MORE LIBERAL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES TO THE SOVIETS, 44 45 AS IT SEEMED TO ME THAT UNDER HIS PROPOSAL IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY 46 47 IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE RUSSTANS TO ESTABLIS A NAVAL BASE AT PORT 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F-I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 0917302 Handle only in accordance with "Top Secret' instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. OPNAV 19-78