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Relationship of the Soviet Union to the war against Japan

[[Unnumbered document following Document 1273 (#1)]] Editor’s Note

[1274] No. 1274
The Secretary of War (Stimson) to the President

[Babelsberg,] 16 July 1945.

740.0011 P. W./7–1645

[1275] No. 1275
The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the President

Washington [Babelsberg], 16 July 1945.

Truman Papers

[1276] No. 1276
Text Proposed by the United States Chiefs of Staff

[Babelsberg, July 21, 1945.]

J. C. S. Files

[1277] No. 1277
The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the President

Washington [Babelsberg], 21 July 1945.

Truman Papers

[1278] No. 1278
President Truman to Generalissimo Stalin

[Babelsberg,] 21 July 1945.1

Truman Papers

[[Unnumbered document following Document 1278 (#1)]] Editor’s Note

[1279] No. 1279
The United States Chiefs of Staff to the Soviet Chiefs of Staff

[Babelsberg, July 24, 1945.]

J. C. S. Files

[1280] No. 1280
Memorandum by the Commanding General, United States Military Mission to the Soviet Union (Deane)

[Undated.]

J. C. S. Files

[1281] No. 1281
The Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, and Chief of Naval Operations (King) to the Navy Department

[Babelsberg,] 26 July 1945.

Department of the Army Files: Telegram

[1282] No. 1282
President Truman to Generalissimo Stalin

[Babelsberg,] July 31, 1945.

Truman Papers

The copy in the Truman Papers is so dated, but the letter was apparently not delivered until July 23. See ante, p. 409, and post, p. 1327. An oral answer was received on July 26. See ante, p. 409.↩