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

740.00119 Potsdam/7–1845: Telegram

No. 1338
The Deputy Director of the Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs ( Allen ) to the Director of Near Eastern and African Affairs ( Henderson )¹

secret

Babelsberg , July 18, 1945.

Victory 82. To Acting Secretary of State for Loy Henderson from George Allen.

Sent to Department. Repeated to Paris and Tangier for Villard and Ailing.

Russians have proposed addition of Tangier and the Levant states to the agenda for the conference.²

There is, as yet, no indication of Russian attitude regarding either question.

1. Sent to the Acting Secretary of State over the signature of Byrnes.
2. See ante, pp. 46, 55.