Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Winston Churchill
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DIT CR 9703
AMERICAN EMBASSY
OFFICE OF THE NAVAL ATTACHÉ
LONDON
3.
23 APRIL 1945
= ARCHIVES AND SERVICET
PRIORITY
DECLASSIFIED by authority of
PERSONAL AND FOP SECRET
Kel. III P.240
NUMBER 9
Litials
Date
TO: THE PRIME MINISTER
FROM: THE PRESIDENT
REPLYING TO YOUR NUMBER 7 OF APRIL 18, THE FOLLOWING
IS A MESSAGE WHICH I CONSIDER SUITABLE FOR SENDING TO
STALIN IF YOU AGREE, AND IF YOU WILL SEND TO HIM A SIMILAR
MESSAGE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS SUGGES-
TION.
"THE APPROACHING END OF GERMAN RESISTANCE MAKES IT
NECESSARY THAT THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN AND THE
SOVIET UNION DECIDE UPON AN ORDERLY PROCEDURE FOR THE
OCCUPATION BY THEIR FORCES OF THE ZONES WHICH THEY WILL 00-
CUPY IN GE RMANY AND AUSTRIA. I THEREFORE PROPOSE THE FOLLOW-
ING:
1: THAT WE AGREE THAT IN BOTH GERMANY AND AUSTRIA OUR
RESPECTIVE TROOPS SHOULD, AS SOON AS THE MILITARY SITUATION
PERMITS, RETIRE TO THE ZONE WHICH IT HAS BEEN AGREED THEY
SHOULD OCCUPY.
2: IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY CONFUSION BETWEEN OUR ARMIES
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