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OCR Page 1 of 4THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
3 June 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR
COMMANDER TYREE
The attached summary was prepared at the direction of
Captain Vardaman, in connection with the Prime Minister's
68 and 69, and to meet the suggestion contained in Winant's
2215. You will note that the President has already seen
these messages.
May I suggest that, in view of the fact that the U.S.
Navy has never released any information on the loan of
the U.S.S. MILWAUKEE to the Soviet Union, there would cer-
tainly be a strong adverse public reaction if the first
news on the MILWAUKEE's current status came from the Prime
Minister, as he here proposes. Possibly he should be told
that the first public announcement on the loan of allied
shipping to Russia should be a joint one.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE m. M. ELSEY
Lieutenant, U.S.N.R.
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