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

Leahy Papers: Telegram

No. 39
Prime Minister Churchill to President Truman ¹

top secret

London, 29th May 1945.

Prime Minister to President Truman. Personal and top secret. Number 58.

Your 48.²

I have sent the following telegram to Premier Stalin:

• “1. Your message of May 27.³ I shall be very glad to meet you and President Truman in what is left of Berlin in the very near future. I hope this might take place about the middle of June.
• 2. Have repeated this telegram to President Truman who has informed me that this point was raised in your talks with Mr. Hopkins. All good wishes. I am very anxious to meet you soon.”⁴

Prime

1. Sent by the United States Military Attaché, London, via Army channels.
2. document No. 37.
3. See document No. 35, footnote 1.
4. Cf. Stalin’s Correspondence, vol. i, p. 361.