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

Truman Papers: Telegram

No. 62
Prime Minister Churchill to President Truman ¹

top secret

London, 15 June 1945.

Prime Minister to President Truman. Personal and top secret. Number 89.

I suggest that we use code word Terminal for the forthcoming Berlin conference. Do you agree?²

1. Sent by the United States Military Attaché, London, via Army channels. A courtesy copy was forwarded to H. Freeman Matthews, Director of European Affairs, Department of State, by Michael Wright, Counsellor of the British Embassy at Washington, on June 15 (file No. 740.00119 (Potsdam)/6–1545).
2. Churchill made the same suggestion on June 15 to Stalin, who replied affirmatively on the same day. See Stalin’s Correspondence, vol. i, p. 364.