President Roosevelt to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)59
83. Personal for Ambassador Harriman. Your 10164360 and 11090761 received and read with much interest.
My active interest at the present time in the Balkan area is that such steps as are practicable should be taken to insure against the Balkans getting us into a future international war.
Regarding our war plans for the Pacific, I understand that Deane has all the information as to American plans that are available and that he has given, or will give, this information to the Soviet Staff.
If Deane has already informed the Soviet Staff and unless Deane should consider it inadvisable at the present time, I have no objection to your giving this information to Churchill.
You are correct in assuming that the Pacific campaign will remain an American command and there is no objection to Churchill’s informing the Soviet that the British Fleet and British Land and Air Forces will participate in those areas, at present undetermined, where their services will be of the greatest value to the war against Japan.
- Copy of telegram obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.↩
- Dated 10 October, p. 1006.↩
- See telegram dated 11 October, Foreign Relations, The Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945, p. 363.↩