500.CC/8–444: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)
1875. Personal for the Ambassador. Please advise the Soviet Foreign Office that in conformity with the request referred to in your number 2864 of August 4 we are making arrangements to postpone the opening of the international security organization conversations until August 21. In this connection you may wish to know that the British delegation is already on the way. We have informed the British of the Russian request and of our willingness to agree to it and we assume that the Russians are likewise informing the British of the delay.71
- Information regarding the postponement was also conveyed to the Chinese Embassy by Mr. Grew in a telephone conversation of August 7, and telegram 1048 of the same date to Chungking transmitted the text of a press statement by Acting Secretary Stettinius for the information of the Chinese Foreign Office.↩