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

Leahy Papers: Telegram

No. 72
Prime Minister Churchill to President Truman ¹

top secret

London, 16 June 1945.

Prime Minister to President Truman. Personal and top secret. Number 93.

I see reports in the papers that you propose to stop in Paris and see General de Gaulle before coming on to the conference at Berlin. President Roosevelt promised me on several occasions that he would not visit France before he visited Britain. I am sure you will bear this in mind in any decision you may take.

1. Sent by the United States Military Attaché, London, via Army channels. A courtesy copy was forwarded to the Acting Secretary of State by the British Minister at Washington on June 18 (file No. 811.001 Truman, Harry S./6–1845).