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

Leahy Papers: Telegram

No. 44
Prime Minister Churchill to President Truman ¹

top secret

London, 31 May [19]45.

Prime Minister to President Truman. Personal and top secret. Number 60.

1. I am hoping that you will soon be able to let me know your date for the meeting of the three in Berlin. As you can imagine, many of my plans depend upon it at the present time.

2. I had agreeable talks with Mr. Davies, which he will report to you² when he returns. I may say however at once that I should not be prepared to attend a meeting which was a continuation of a conference between you and Marshal Stalin. I consider that at this victory meeting, at which subjects of the gravest consequence are to be discussed, we three should meet simultaneously and on equal terms.

3. There are always plenty of opportunities for private discussion between the heads of governments at these meetings while the preliminaries are being arranged and the agenda fixed. I am also hoping to have the pleasure of meeting you for the first time.

Prime

1. Sent by the United States Military Attaché, London, via Army channels.
2. See document No. 33.