Telegram from Ambassador Averell Harriman to Secretary of State James Byrnes
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OCR Page 1 of 3DECLASSIFIED by authprity of
NLT-139
State Dept lt to
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NARS 8-10-72
Copy 2
memo from NL
to NLT 4-12-73
EXACT TRANSLATION (U. S.)
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Initials 5/21/34
(RESTRICTED)
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(SECRET)
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TOPSECRET AND PERSONAL FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM
HARRIMAN X WHEN MOLOTOV
INFORMED THE BRITISH AMBASVADOR AND ME LAST
EVENING THAT THE SOVIET UNION WOULD CONSIDER ITSELF IN A STATE OF WAR
WITH JAPAN AS., OF AUG NINE HE EMPHASIXED ALTHOUGH ATONE TIME IT
WAS THOUGHT THAT THIS ACTION COULD NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL MID AUGUST
THE.
:
SOVIET
GOVERNMENT
HAD
NOW
STRICTLY
LIVED
UP
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ITS PROMISE TO ENTER
PAJIFIC WCR THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DEFEAC OF GERMANY X IN REPLY TO AN
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Reference No.
NCR No. 9124
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Date 4-9-45
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Subject
World War, 1939-1945
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