Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume I

740.00119 Potsdam/7–1445

No. 258
The Assistant Secretary of State (Dunn) to the Secretary of State ¹

[Extracts]²

secret

Potsdam, July 14, 1945.

Memorandum for the Secretary

Sir Alexander Cadogan, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, called this afternoon and discussed for two hours in a preliminary way a number of matters on the agenda of the Conference.³

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15. Yalta Declaration on Liberated Areas.

Sir Alexander felt that we had more faith in the Declaration than he, but said the U. K. Delegation would “come along behind us” in any effort to secure its implementation. In justifying his government’s preference for the conclusion of peace treaties, Sir Alexander explained that, contrary to our situation with regard to Italy, his government cannot resume diplomatic relations with a country with which it is at war.

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James Clement Dunn

1. Printed from a carbon copy on which there is an uncertified typed signature.
2. For other extracts from this memorandum, see documents Nos. 140, 218, 234, 319, 351, 379, 404, 470, 519, 635, 645, 678, and 708.
3. For a list of persons present at this meeting, see document No. 234, footnote 3.