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

NLT-115 P SECRET DISPATCH Copy / DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM 1 FROM ALUSNA MOSCOW "NATIONAL PRIORITY 2 ARCHIVES AND RECORDE 3 RELEASED BY SÉRVICE" ROUTINE 4 CNO DEFERRED 5 DATE 13 JULY 1945 FOR BASEGRAM 6 7 TOR CODEROOM CASILE y in ity of 1611/13 8 particitate F.R. 945 PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY COOK 10 PARAPH RASED CHECKED VII. III P.933 ROUTINE 11 BY COOK BY ERMAN DEFERRED 12 DITTOED Initials He 0176673 ROUTED BY BASEGRAM 13 COOK BY COOK 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH. WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFFRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 15 / CHECK BELOW 16 PAGE 1 OF 4 1313532 NCR 9235 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 22 23 STATE FROM HARR!MAN) 24 25 SOONG SAW STALIN AND MOLOTOV AGAIN LAST NIGHT (THURSDAY) AND 26 OUTLINED THE MAXIMUM CONCESSIONS HE WAS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE 27 28 ALONG THE LINES OF MY LAST MESSAGE (NUMBERS 120015 AND 120755, 29 JULY 13 - 12) 30 31 32 AS TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE RAILROADS HE PROPOSED EQUAL 33 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS WITH CHINESE TO BE CHAIRMAN VITHOUT 34 35 ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AS A COURTESY TO CHINA; THE MANAGER OF 36 THE CHINESE EASTERN TO BE RUSSTAN AND THE ASSISTANT MANAGER 37 38 CHINESE; THE MANAGER OF THE SOUTH MANCHURIAN TO BE CHINESE 39 WITH A RUSSTAN AS ASSISTANT MANAGER. HE PROPOSED THAT THE PORT 40 41 42 OF DAIREN SHOULD BE A FREE PORT UNDER CHINESE MANAGEMENT, BUT 43 OFFERED THE SOVIETS DOCKS AND STORAGE AREAS UNDER COMMERCIAL 44 45 LEASE FOR THE IR THROUGH TRAFFIC. HE EXPLAINED THAT FOR OBVIOUS 46 REASONS ME COULD NOT AGREE TO THE PORT OF DAIREN OR THE 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. OPNAV 19-78