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

740.00119 Potsdam/7–1245: Telegram

No. 545
The Secretary of State to the Secretary of War (Stimson)

Aboard USS “Augusta”, July 12, 1945.

(Your Number 95.¹)

The President agrees that his directive should be liberally interpreted so as to permit the furnishing of supplies and equipment within the limits of previous commitments to forces which make possible the redeployment of American forces from other theatres to participate in the war against Japan.

1. Document No. 543.