Memorandum of Conversation with President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Averell Harriman, Charles Bohlen, and Others

DESLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 TOP SECRET BYULTHE NARS Date 7-23-75 DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY April 22, 1945. MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION Persons present: President Secretary Mr. Harriman TRUMAN Mr. Dunn Mr. Bohlen LITTLE ARCHIVES AND "NATIONAL REGORDS Mr. Eden D.S. SERVICE (latter part) THE SECRETARY said he had just explained to the President the arrangements for Molotov's reception, namely, that there would be no military honors and that the President would receive Mr. Molotov after dinner with Ambassador Harriman present and Mr. Bohlen to act as interpreter, and he said the President had agreed with the sug- gested approach contained in his memorandum (copy attached). The President had thought it would be a good idea for him to issue a statement following the Minister's talk here in Washington. He added that the President had signed the letter in regard to the commitments on what we will favor in the outline and had left it to their discretion whether or not to read this letter at the Conference. He also said that the President had asked Judge Rosenman to go to San Francisco for a brief visit to discuss the question of war crimes. The question then arose as to whether the President should raise the question of the recently concluded Soviet-Polish treaty. THE PRESIDENT decided that he would not raise