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

Truman Papers: Telegram

No. 46
President Truman to Marshal Stalin ¹

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[ Washington ,] 1 June 1945.

Number 278, personal and top secret, from the President for Marshal Stalin.

Thank you for your message dated May thirtieth² in regard to the date of our forthcoming tripartite meeting.

I have informed Prime Minister Churchill that you and I are agreeable to meeting in the vicinity of Berlin about the fifteenth of July.

Truman

1. Sent to the United States Naval Attaché, Moscow, via Navy channels. Paraphrase incorporated into a letter of June 2 from Harriman to Molotov for delivery to Stalin.
2. document No. 42.