Foreign Affairs File, 1940-1953: "Yalta Conference, Roosevelt and the Russians" by Edward R. Stettinius (draft)
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OCR Page 1 of 330THE HORSESHOE
RAPIDAN, VIRGINIA
February 16, 1949
Dear Mr. President,
Out of respect for the memory of President Roosevelt, I have
been compelled to record the truth of what occurred at Yalta. I
have spent many months on this effort, and I. send you herewith a
copy of the manuscript. I shall, of course, also send a copy to
Dean Acheson in order that the Department may clear the document
from the standpoint of the security of the United States. You
will find attached a copy of the note that I have sent to him.
For the sake of orderly procedure, may I suggest, however,
that you appoint some one member of your staff who may act for
you as far as clearance is concerned through all agencies involved?
Otherwise duplication of effort and lack of coordination would
certainly arise.
I know from our personal conversations in the past on the
prospect of my writing a record of the formation of the United
Nations that you feel just as ardently as I do relative to the im-
portance - not only from a sentimental standpoint, but a practical
one as well - of having the untruths that have been so widely
enunciated relative to Yalta properly and authentically corrected.
It was a source of great disappointment to me that it was not
possible to attend prayers with you prior to your inauguration,
and I was touched that you remembered me. However, as explained
to Matt, I was hiding in Florida, working on the attached manu-
script. Otherwise nothing would have prevented my being with you.
With warmest personal regards,
Faithfully,
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Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
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