List of Papers
Editor’s Note.—This list of papers has been printed in chronological order to give the reader (a) a convenient aid in locating individual papers by date and (b) a better sense of the temporal relationship of events described in this volume than he might obtain from the subject arrangement of the documents in part VII of the volume.
In providing an aid in locating individual papers by date, it seemed desirable to include as separate items in this list papers which are quoted in substantial part within other documents, texts which appear in footnotes to other documents, and texts which are printed as enclosures, attachments, annexes, or appendices to documents bearing different dates. Information in this list concerning such papers is enclosed in brackets, and an indication is given as to the date and location of the principal documents to which these subordinate papers are related.
A considerable number of the documents printed in this volume were not dated. Their placement in this list has been determined by their relationship to other documents of known date. The arrangement even of dated papers is necessarily somewhat arbitrary, since under a given date the time at which many of the documents originated is not known. In a few cases the order of related papers of the same date in this list differs from the order in which the same papers are printed in the body of the compilation, since time of origin was a prime factor in the preparation of this chronological list, whereas other factors, including time of receipt, were given weight in the arrangement of papers of even date in the body of the volume.
When different extracts from the same document have been printed under separate subject headings, the document number and the page reference for each extract are shown in this list in connection with the description of the paper in question. In a few cases, the full text of a paper has been printed under one subject heading and an extract from the same paper has been printed under a different subject heading; in such cases this list gives the document number and page reference for the full text only.
This list does not include very brief extracts from papers quoted in the footnotes or in the body of other documents, and it does not include papers merely referred to or summarized in the footnotes or in the body of other documents.
Because it is not immediately apparent in many cases from the document heading printed in this list of papers that a given document was prepared at the Berlin Conference, all meetings of the Conference and all papers prepared at the Conference site (i.e., Potsdam, Babelsberg, or Berlin) during the period of the Conference (July 16–August 2, 1945) have been marked in this list with an asterisk (*).
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| 1944 Sept. 18 [19] | [Aide-Mémoire by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill] [Record of agreement regarding the possible use of an atomic bomb against Japan and regarding Anglo-American collaboration in developing atomic energy for military and commercial purposes; printed as an enclosure to a memorandum of July 18, 1945, from Prime Minister Churchill to the Secretary of War (document No. 1306, page 1370), q. v.] |
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| 1945 Feb. 11 | Protocol of Proceedings of the Yalta
Conference Record of the conclusions of the Heads of Government at the Yalta Conference on the following subjects: world organization; territorial trusteeship; liberated Europe; dismemberment of Germany; a French zone of occupation in Germany; the Allied Control Council for Germany; reparations from Germany; war criminals; Poland; Yugoslavia; southeastern Europe; Iran; meetings of Foreign Secretaries; and the Montreux Convention and the Turkish Straits. |
1416 | 1567 |
| Feb. 11 | Communiqué Issued at the End of the Yalta
Conference Public report on the conclusions of the Heads of Government at the Yalta Conference on the following subjects: the defeat of Germany; the occupation and control of Germany; reparation by Germany; the United Nations conference to be held at San Francisco; liberated Europe; Poland; Yugoslavia; meetings of Foreign Secretaries; and Allied unity in time of peace. |
1417 | 1574 |
| Mar. 10 | [President Roosevelt to the Ambassador to
Spain] [Views with regard to relations of the United States with Spain; quoted in footnote 4 to a telegram of July 16, 1945, from the Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain (document No. 1175, page 1171), q. v.] |
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| May 29 | [The Chief of the French Military Mission in the
United States to the Chief of Staff, United States
Army] [Proposal to place a French corps of two infantry divisions under American command in the Pacific war; printed as enclosure A to a memorandum of July 16, 1945, by the United States Chiefs of Staff (document No. 1288, page 1341), q. v.] |
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| June 11 | [The Chief of the Division of Western European
Affairs to Colonel John S.
Wise, of the Operations Division, War Department General
Staff] [Suggestion as to the urgency of communicating with the Portuguese Government concerning plans for Portuguese participation in possible operations to expel Japanese forces from Timor; printed as an appendix to a memorandum of July 16, 1945, from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee (document No. 1295, page 1349), q. v.] |
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| June 15 | [Declaration by Polish
Authorities] [Declaration by the so-called Polish Provisional Government suggesting Polish participation in international bodies concerned with Germany; summary printed in footnote 3 to a telegram of July 22, 1945, from the Chargé in the Soviet Union to the United States Delegation to the Berlin Conference (document No. 1133, page 1125), q. v.] |
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| 1945 June 20 | [The Soviet Ambassador to the Secretary of
State] [Review of Soviet-American discussions on the subject of trusteeship and request for discussion of this subject with Secretary Stettinius before the end of the United Nations Conference on International Organization; printed as enclosure 1 to a note of July 20, 1945, from the Soviet Ambassador to Secretary of State Byrnes (document No. 734, page 633), q. v.] |
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| June 23 | [The Secretary of State to the Soviet
Ambassador] [Statement of the United States position, in principle, with respect to the eligibility of the Soviet Union as an administering authority under the trusteeship system, and a suggestion that the subject of specific territories appropriate for the Soviet Union to administer be discussed later; printed as enclosure 2 to a note of July 20, 1945, from the Soviet Ambassador to Secretary of State Byrnes (document No. 734, page 633), q. v.] |
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| July 2 | [The Archduke
Otto of Austria to President Truman] [Views on the situation in Austria and suggestions for improving that situation; printed as an enclosure to a memorandum of July 17, 1945, from the Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of State (document No. 761, page 659), q. v.] |
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| July 3 (tel. Scaf 471) | [The Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force,
to the Combined Chiefs of Staff] [Report on problems concerning shipping on the Danube, recommendation for establishing an interim Danube Navigation Agency, and suggestion that internationalization of the Danube be added to the agenda for the Berlin Conference; printed as enclosure B to a memorandum of July 21, 1945, by the United States Chiefs of Staff (document No. 754, page 651), q. v.] |
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| July 6 (tel. 2384) | The Minister in Sweden to the Secretary of
State Report of a conversation between Prince Carl Bernadotte and the Japanese Military Attaché at Stockholm concerning a possible future Japanese approach to the King of Sweden with respect to ending the war. |
1420 | 1589 |
| July 8 (C.C.S. 643/3) | [Report by the Combined Intelligence
Committee] [Analysis of the possibility of surrender by Japan; extract dealing with this subject printed in footnote 5 to the minutes of the 193d Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, July 16, 1945 (page 35), q. v.] |
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| July 9 | [Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg to the Acting Secretary of
State] [Questions concerning the implementation of the Yalta agreement on Poland; quoted in a letter of July 17, 1945, from the Acting Secretary of State to Senator Vandenberg (document No. 1117, page 1104), q. v.] |
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| 1945 July 9 (tel.) | [The Commanding General, United States Army Forces,
Pacific, to the War
Department] [Comments and suggestions with respect to British Commonwealth participation in the Coronet operations; extracts quoted in a memorandum of July 18, 1945, by the United States Chiefs of Staff (document No. 1284, page 1336), q. v.] |
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| July 11 (tel.) | [The British Ambassador in Yugoslavia to the British
Foreign Office] [Report on the political situation in Yugoslavia; printed as an enclosure to a note of July 17, 1945, from the Secretary General of the British Delegation to the Berlin Conference to Mr. Cavendish W. Cannon, of the United States Delegation (document No. 1201, page 1207), q. v.] |
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| July 12 | [The Soviet Representative on the Allied Control
Commission for Hungary to the United States and British
Representatives on the Allied Control Commission for
Hungary] [Outline of revised procedures for conducting the work of the Allied Control Commission for Hungary; printed in the form of a proposal by the Soviet Delegation to the Berlin Conference circulated apparently on July 24, 1945 (document No. 796, page 689), q. v.] |
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| July 13 | [Memorandum] [Statistics on oil production in eastern Europe; printed as annex I to a memorandum of July 21, 1945, from the Chief of Staff of the United States Delegation to the Allied Commission on Reparations to the Representative on the Allied Commission on Reparations (document No. 1321, page 1383), q. v.] |
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| July 13 | [Memorandum by the Commander, 26th British Liaison
Unit] [Minutes of a conversation between Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, and Lieutenant General Wladyslaw Anders, Commander of the Polish Second Corps, concerning the effects of political developments in Poland on the Polish Second Corps; extracts printed as an enclosure to a despatch of July 20, 1945, from the Deputy Political Adviser at Allied Force Headquarters to the Secretary of State (document No. 1123, page 1113), q. v.] |
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| July 14 | [Memorandum by Mr. John
Wills Tuthill, of the Political Division, United
States Group, Control Council (Germany)] [Review of German economic problems which should be discussed at the Berlin Conference; printed as sub-enclosure 1 to a memorandum of July 17, 1945, from the Director of Political Affairs, United States Group, Control Council (Germany) to the Political Adviser in Germany (document No. 850, page 758), q. v.] |
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| 1945 July 14 | [Memorandum] [Memorandum by an unidentified German lawyer concerning the transfer of scientific and military research institutions from Germany to the Soviet Union; translation printed as an enclosure to a despatch of July 17, 1945, from the Political Adviser in Germany to the Secretary of State (document No. 896, page 837), q. v.] |
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| July 14 | [The Department of State to the British
Embassy] [Views on reconvening the European Inland Transport Conference; quoted in a telegram of July 19, 1945, from the Director of the Office of Transport and Communications Policy to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (document No. 1160, page page 1159), q. v.] |
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| July 15 | [The Embassy in the United Kingdom to the British
Foreign Office] [Notification of the intention of the Department of State to announce on July 17, 1945, that the United States will support the admission of Italy in due course to the United Nations, and request for British support in this matter; quoted in an aide-mémoire of July 16, 1945, from the British Embassy to the Department of State (document No. 722, page 621), q. v.] |
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| July 15 | [Diary Entry by the Secretary of War] [Account of a conversation with Ambassadors Harriman and Murphy concerning Soviet intentions in Manchuria; quoted in footnote 4 to a memorandum of July 16, 1945, from the Secretary of War to the President (document No. 1212, page 1223), q. v.] |
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| July 16 | *Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Joint Chiefs
of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: plan for the Terminal meetings; participation of two French colonial infantry divisions in Far Eastern operations; chairmanship of the military meetings at Terminal; interpretation of the Presidential policy on lend-lease; and relations of the United States Chiefs of Staff with the Chiefs of Staff of other nations participating in the war against Japan. |
31 | |
| July 16 | *The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the
President Procedural recommendations with respect to a meeting of the Chiefs of Staff of the United States and the Soviet Union. |
1275 | 1323 |
| July 16 (SM–2607) | *The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the State–War–Navy Coordinating
Committee Report that no information can be given regarding the details of a plan for Portuguese participation in the liberation of Timor and the reasons for this situation. (Appendix: Memorandum of June 11, 1945, by the Chief of the Division of Western European Affairs, Department of State, suggesting the urgency of communicating with the Portuguese Government concerning the plan referred to above.) |
1295 | 1349 |
| 1945 July 16 (C.C.S. 462/25) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Recommendation that the Combined Chiefs of Staff approve an enclosed draft of a letter to the Department of State and the British Foreign Office concerning Portuguese participation in operations undertaken to expel the Japanese from Timor. |
1296 | 1351 |
| July 16 (C.C.S. 895) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Request for concurrence by the British Chiefs of Staff in a draft reply to a French proposal to place a corps of two infantry divisions under American command in the Pacific war. (Enclosures: Memorandum of May 29, 1945, from the Chief of the French Military Mission in the United States to the Chief of Staff, United States Army, containing the proposal referred to above; and a draft of a memorandum replying thereto.) |
1288 | 1341 |
| July 16 | *Truman–Churchill Meeting: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from published sources on this meeting. |
35 | |
| July 16 (tel. Victory 23) | *The Director of the Office of Financial and
Development Policy to the Acting Chief of the Division of Economic
Security Controls Request for information on progress in controlling German external assets, particularly those in Spain. |
981 | 949 |
| July 16 | *Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff: Combined
Chiefs of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: the program and procedure for the Terminal Conference; an estimate of the enemy situation; progress reports on operations in the Pacific and the Southeast Asia Command; development of operations in the Pacific; and a report of Army air operations in the war against Japan. (Footnote: Extract relating to the possibility of surrender by Japan from a report by the Combined Intelligence Committee (C.C.S. 643/3) as of July 8, 1945.) |
35 | |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Suggestion for the permanent detachment of the Ruhr and the Rhineland from the rest of Germany; proposal for an international protectorate for the area so detached. |
1021 | 989 |
| July 16 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of a proposed agreement on the political and economic principles to govern the treatment of Germany in the initial control period. |
848 | 750 |
| July 16 | *The Secretary of War to the President Analysis and recommendations with respect to the condition of central Europe, the impracticability of destroying German industry, the economic and political treatment of Germany, and dismemberment of Germany. (The first three sections of this memorandum are printed as an enclosure to a letter of July 17, 1945, from the Secretary of War to the Secretary of State, document No. 849, q. v.) |
849, 1022 | 753, 990 |
| 1945 | (Footnote to document No. 849: Extracts from Secretary Stimson’s diary, July 16–17, 1945, concerning discussions within the United States Delegation to the Berlin Conference on the treatment of Germany, with special reference to the Ruhr.) | ||
| July 16 | [*Memorandum by Mr. Perry
Laukhuff, of the Political Division, United States
Group, Control Council (Germany)] [Review of political problems confronting the occupation authorities in Germany as a whole and in the United States zone of occupation; printed as enclosure 2 to a memorandum of July 17, 1945, from the Director of Political Affairs, United States Group, Control Council (Germany) to the Political Adviser in Germany (document No. 850, page 758), q. v.] |
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| July 16 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Secretary of State Transmittal of a memorandum on the relationship between reparations and the cession of German territory. |
893 | 831 |
| July 16 | *Draft Memorandum by the Political Adviser to the
Representative on the European Advisory Commission Analysis of problems involved in the creation of a separate Rhineland-Ruhr state. |
1023 | 992 |
| July 16 (tel. 5814) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in
the United Kingdom Views on the advisability of bringing up the question of Tangier at the Berlin Conference. |
1348 | 1408 |
| July 16 (tel. 1200) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in
Spain Views on Spanish interests in Tangier; comments on the weakness of Spain’s international position. (Footnote to document No. 1175: Letter of March 10, 1945, from President Roosevelt to Ambassador Armour, outlining the former’s views with regard to relations between the United States and Spain.) |
1175, 1349 | 1171, 1408 |
| July 16 (tel. War 32887) | The Acting Chairman of the Interim Committee to the
Secretary of War Interim report on the satisfactory testing of the atomic bomb. (Footnote: Extract from Secretary Stimson’s diary for July 16, 1945, concerning the receipt of the above message and its communication to President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes.) |
1303 | 1360 |
| July 16 | [Bulletin From “The Albuquerque
Tribune”] [Text of a statement issued by the Commanding Officer, Alamogordo Army Air Base, explaining an explosion which had taken place on the Base reservation; printed as enclosure 3 to a memorandum of July 18, 1945, from the Commanding General, Manhattan District Project, to the Secretary of War (document No. 1305, page 1361), q. v.] |
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| 1945 July 16 | [Memorandum by Mr. Ernest O. Lawrence, of the Manhattan
District Project Staff] [Description of and comments on the test of the atomic bomb; printed as enclosure 4 to a memorandum of July 18, 1945, from the Commanding General, Manhattan District Project, to the Secretary of War (document No. 1305, page 1361), q. v.] |
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| July 16 | *The Secretary of War to the Secretary of State Transmittal of a memorandum from the Secretary of War to the President concerning the conduct of the war against Japan, a possible warning to Japan, the Yalta agreement concerning Soviet entry into the war against Japan, Manchuria, trusteeship for Korea, and Allied occupation of the main Japanese islands. (Footnote to document No. 1212: Extracts from Secretary Stimson’s diary, July 14–18, 1945, concerning discussions within the United States Delegation on Soviet plans in the Far East and the Open Door policy.) (Footnotes to document No. 1236: Extracts from Secretary Stimson’s diary, July 16–24, 1945, concerning Japanese peace maneuvers and the relationship between the warning to Japan and the successful test of the atomic bomb.) |
1236, 732, 1212, 1274 | 1265, 631, 1223, 1322 |
| July 16 (tel. 31) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a message from Mr. Cordell Hull commenting upon the proposed proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan. |
1237 | 1267 |
| July 16 | The British Embassy to the Department of
State British reaction to a United States proposal for the issuance of a statement, following the Italian declaration of war against Japan, supporting the admission of Italy to the United Nations in due course. |
722, 1088 | 621, 1079 |
| July 16 (tel. 32) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Request for approval for issuing a statement (text included in the message) supporting the admission of Italy to the United Nations. |
723 | 622 |
| July 16 (tel. 33) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Director of the
Office of Financial and Development Policy Review of correspondence with Ambassador Pauley concerning a suggestion that commodities received by the Soviet Union from German satellites on reparation account be made available to United States occupation forces through reverse lend-lease arrangements; suggestion in this connection that the United States indicate an interest in obtaining oil from Rumania and Hungary. (Footnote: Draft of a message to Ambassador Pauley on the above subject.) |
1316 | 1378 |
| July 16 (tel. 34) | The Special Assistant to the Director of European
Affairs to the Director of European Affairs Comments on Soviet proposals concerning the procedures of the Allied Control Commission for Hungary. |
794 | 687 |
| July 16 (tel. 291) | The Representative in Hungary to the Acting
Secretary of State Report that Major General Key will not commit himself with respect to Soviet proposals concerning the procedures of the Allied Control Commission for Hungary pending further clarification and possible instructions. |
795 | 688 |
| 1945 July 16 (tel. M 1240) | The Chief of the Military Representation on the
Allied Control Commission for Rumania to the War Department Recommendation that agreement be reached at the Berlin Conference on the rights and privileges of the United States representatives on the Allied Control Commission for Rumania. |
793 | 686 |
| July 16 (SH-1363) | [The Deputy Chairman of the Allied Control
Commission for Rumania to the Chief of the Military Representation
on the Allied Control Commission for Rumania] [Outline of revised procedures for conducting the work of the Allied Control Commission for Rumania; printed as an enclosure to a despatch of July 17, 1945, from the Acting Representative in Rumania to the Secretary of State (document No. 797, page 690), q. v.] |
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| July 16 (tel. 1621) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in the
Soviet Union Instructions to express to the Soviet Government the concern of the United States Government over Soviet economic measures affecting Rumania. |
834 | 737 |
| July 16 (tel. Victory 35) | *The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of
State Instruction to postpone action with respect to issuing a statement supporting admission of Italy to the United Nations pending consideration by Secretary Byrnes of a possible statement on Italy in which the Soviet Government might be invited to join. |
724 | 623 |
| July 17 (tel. 910) | The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs to the
Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union Request for strict security measures in handling messages concerning Soviet-Japanese negotiations; information as to the individuals in Tokyo concerned in the present negotiations. |
1223 | 1248 |
| July 17 (tel. 913) | The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs to the
Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union Comments concerning Soviet mediation to end the war; indication that Japan will fight to the bitter end if the enemy insists on unconditional surrender; instruction to obtain a reply as soon as possible from the Soviet Government to the Japanese proposal to send a special envoy to Moscow. |
1224 | 1249 |
| July 17 | *Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Joint Chiefs
of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: military aspects of the unconditional surrender formula for Japan; the retention of United States forces in Italy; British participation in the war against Japan; command and control in the war against Japan; and United States policy concerning the Dardanelles and the Kiel Canal. |
39 | |
| July 17 | *The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the
President Policy recommendations with respect to the disposition and distribution of captured German merchant shipping. |
1005 | 969 |
| 1945 July 17 | *The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the
President Recommendations with respect to the retention of Allied forces and of a combined command in Italy. |
1108 | 1097 |
| July 17 (SM-2610) | *The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the State–War–Navy Coordinating Committee Recommendations as to United States policy concerning the Dardanelles and the Kiel Canal. | 751, 1363 | 649, 1420 |
| July 17 (C.C.S. 706/14) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Recommendation that the Combined Chiefs of Staff approve amended drafts (texts printed) of messages to United States and British commanders and to the London Munitions Assignments Board with respect to the disposal of enemy war materiel in Germany and Austria. |
895 | 835 |
| July 17 (C.C.S. 889/1) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Views concerning British Commonwealth participation in the war against Japan. |
1283 | 1334 |
| July 17 (C.C.S. 890/1) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Comments on proposals to change the boundaries of command in the war against Japan. |
1267 | 1313 |
| July 17 | *The Secretary of War to the Secretary of State Transmittal of a memorandum of July 16, 1945, from the Secretary of War to the President containing an analysis and recommendations with respect to the condition of central Europe, the impracticability of destroying German industry, the economic and political treatment of Germany, and dismemberment of Germany. (Footnote to document No. 849: Extracts from Secretary Stimson’s diary, July 16–17, 1945, concerning discussions within the United States Delegation to the Berlin Conference on the treatment of Germany, with special reference to the Ruhr.) |
849, 1022 | 754, 990 |
| July 17 (tel. 7182) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the Acting
Secretary of State Report on British civil aviation policy and on the impending visit of Sir William Hildred to the United States to discuss that policy. |
1187 | 1188 |
| July 17 | *Truman–Stalin Meeting: Bohlen Notes Rough notes on a discussion concerning the agenda for the Berlin Conference; the general election in the United Kingdom; British attitudes toward the war against Japan; Soviet entry into the war against Japan; and the Stalin-Soong conversations which had recently taken place in Moscow. (Footnote: Cross reference to a memorandum of March 28, 1960, by Mr. Bohlen, with respect to the Truman-Stalin meeting of July 17, 1945, printed as document No. 1418, page 1582.) |
43 | |
| 1945 July 17 | *Truman–Stalin Meeting: The Assistant to the Secretary of
State to the Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far Eastern,
Near Eastern, and African Affairs Summary of additional subjects which the Soviet Government intends to place on the agenda for the Berlin Conference, as outlined by the Soviet Foreign Commissar to the President and the Secretary of State. |
46 | |
| July 17 | *The Assistant Secretary of War to the Assistant Secretary of State for European,
Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs Notification of agreement between United States and British commanders as to the allocation of a French sector in Berlin. |
1028 | 1001 |
| July 17 | *Stimson–Churchill Conversation: Editor’s
Note Quotation from Secretary Stimson’s diary for July 17, 1945, concerning a discussion on German shipping, European problems, the coal situation, and the successful testing of the atomic bomb. |
47 | |
| July 17 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of a memorandum for the Secretary of State recommending approval of agreements negotiated in the European Advisory Commission with respect to control machinery in Austria and zones of occupation in Austria and the administration of the city of Vienna. |
772 | 668 |
| July 17 | *The Political Adviser to the Representative on the
European Advisory Commission to the Assistant Secretaries of State
for European, Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs, and
for Economic Affairs Analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of creating a separate Rhineland-Ruhr state. |
1024 | 993 |
| July 17 | [*Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Chinese
Affairs] [Background memorandum on the proposed agreements between China and the Soviet Union and recommendation that this subject be discussed with Generalissimo Stalin at the Berlin Conference, with the participation of Prime Minister Soong; printed as sub-attachment 1 to a memorandum of July 20, 1945, from the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State to Secretary Byrnes (document No. 1215, page 1227), q. v.] |
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| July 17 | [*Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Chinese
Affairs] [Background memorandum on Outer Mongolia and United States policy toward that area; printed as subattachment 3 to a memorandum of July 20, 1945, from the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State to Secretary Byrnes (document No. 1215, page 1227), q. v.] |
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| July 17 | [*Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Chinese
Affairs] [Background memorandum on Sinkiang; printed as subattachment 4 to a memorandum of July 20, 1945, from the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State to Secretary Byrnes (document No. 1215, page 1227), q. v.] |
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| 1945 July 17 (tel. 2010) | The Ambassador in Italy to the Acting Secretary of
State Report that Rome newspapers have carried an item to the effect that Colonel James H. Douglas, Jr., will arrive soon to assume the post of Chief Commissioner of the Allied Commission. |
1111 | 1100 |
| July 17 (tel. Victory 51) | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Acting Secretary of State Request for background information on the subject of reparations from Italy. |
1094 | 1087 |
| July 17 (661) | *The Political Adviser in Germany to the Secretary
of State Transmittal of a memorandum of July 14, 1945, by an unidentified German lawyer concerning the transfer of scientific and military research institutions from Germany to the Soviet Union. |
896 | 837 |
| July 17 (410) | The Acting Representative in Rumania to the
Secretary of State Transmittal of a Soviet memorandum of July 16, 1945, containing an outline of revised procedures for conducting the work of the Allied Control Commission for Rumania. |
797 | 690 |
| July 17 (tel. 296) | The Representative in Hungary to the Acting
Secretary of State Observations with respect to the forthcoming elections in Hungary, including the possibility of tripartite supervision. |
799 | 693 |
| July 17 (tel. 367) | The Representative in Bulgaria to the Acting
Secretary of State Observations and recommendations with respect to the forthcoming elections in Bulgaria. |
800 | 694 |
| July 17 | *Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff: Combined
Chiefs of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: approval of the minutes of the 193d Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff; and British Commonwealth participation in the war against Japan. |
48 | |
| July 17 (tel. 2597) | The Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Acting
Secretary of State Report that the British Ambassador has protested against continued Soviet requisitioning and removal of British equipment in Rumania and has rejected Soviet views on this subject. |
835 | 738 |
| Undated | *The Secretary of State to the
President Transmittal of a draft memorandum to Prime Minister Churchill on lend-lease questions. |
1180 | 1177 |
| July 17 | *President Truman to Prime Minister Churchill Memorandum in reply to Mr. Churchill’s telegram of May 28, 1945, with respect to lend-lease to the United Kingdom during the war against Japan. |
1181 | 1179 |
| 1945 July 17 (F.O. 11(1)) | *The Secretary General of the British Delegation to
the First Secretary of Embassy in Portugal Transmittal of the text of a message of July 11, 1945, from the British Ambassador in Yugoslavia to the Foreign Office reporting on the political situation in Yugoslavia. |
1201 | 1207 |
| July 17 | The Acting Secretary of State to Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg Statement of United States policy toward the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity. |
1117 | 1104 |
| July 17 | *The British Foreign Secretary to the Secretary of
State Views on the Polish political situation; transmittal of a suggested statement with regard to Poland to be issued at the end of the Berlin Conference. |
1118 | 1107 |
| July 17 (1331) | The Ambassador in Greece to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of reports on political and economic conditions and on the military situation in northern Greece. |
1071 | 1048 |
| July 17 (tel. 297) | The Representative in Hungary to the Acting
Secretary of State Report that the blackout on foreign newspaper reporting in Hungary may be raised somewhat. |
746 | 644 |
| July 17 (tel. 2598) | The Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Acting
Secretary of State Report that the Soviet authorities are still studying the question of the creation of a Danube commission. |
752 | 650 |
| July 17 (1938) | [The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry to the Embassy in
Yugoslavia] [Protest that the conduct of Allied Military Government in Venezia Giulia has not been in accord with the Belgrade agreement of June 9, 1945; printed as an enclosure to a note of July 25, 1945, from Prime Minister Tito and Foreign Minister Subasid to President Truman (document No. 1207, page 1214), q. v.] |
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| July 17 | *The Director of Political Affairs, United States
Group, Control Council (Germany) to the Political Adviser in
Germany Transmittal of memoranda reviewing the political and economic problems confronting the occupation authorities in Germany as a whole and in the United States zone of occupation for the solution of which high-level decisions or policy guidance is needed. |
850 | 758 |
| Undated | *Memorandum by Major
Harold Zink, of the Political Division, United States
Group, Control Council (Germany) Background information and analysis concerning the problems of reestablishing a German governmental structure. |
851 | 766 |
| 1945 July 17 | *First Plenary Meeting: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: choice of President Truman as presiding officer; the agenda; establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers; policy toward Germany; implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe; policy toward Italy; dissolution of the European Advisory Commission; hour of meeting; and disposition of the German Fleet. |
52 | |
| July 17 | *First Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
59 | |
| July 17 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Proposal for the establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers with the immediate task of drawing up treaties of peace with Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary and of proposing settlements of outstanding territorial questions in Europe. |
711 | 609 |
| July 17 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Proposed agreement on the political and economic principles to govern the treatment of Germany in the initial control period. (Annex, printed as document No. 894: Proposal on principles, definitions, and an allocation formula in connection with reparations from Germany.) (Attachments to the annex: Principles agreed upon by the Allied Commission on Reparations; proposed definitions of restitution, war booty, and reparations; an agreed formula for the allocation of reparations as between the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States; and an agreed procedure for settling the division of reparations between other countries.) |
852, 894 | 775, 832 |
| July 17 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Proposal for the implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe. |
745 | 643 |
| July 17 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Proposal for terminating the short terms of surrender by Italy and the obsolete clauses of the long terms of surrender, and for replacing them by undertakings on the part of the Italian Government to meet the requirements of the existing situation. |
1089 | 1080 |
| July 17 | Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of
State Memorandum of a telephone conversation with Mr. Cordell Hull concerning the proposed proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan. |
1238 | 1268 |
| July 17 | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a letter of July 2, 1945, from the Archduke Otto of Austria to President Truman containing the Archduke’s views on the situation in Austria and his suggestions for improving that situation. |
761 | 659 |
| July 17 | [*Diary Entry by the Secretary of War] [Account of discussions with the Secretary of State concerning the proposed warning to Japan and the Open Door policy; quoted in footnotes to a memorandum of July 16, 1945, from the Secretary of War to the President (document No. 1212, page 1223, and document No. 1236, page 1265), q. v.] |
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| 1945 July 17 (tel. 38) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a suggested redraft of a proposal to the Soviet and French Governments to participate in the supervision of elections in Greece. |
1059 | 1041 |
| July 17 (tel. 39) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Summary of a report from the Ambassador in Iran on Soviet policy toward Iran; suggestion that the Iranian problem be discussed at the Berlin Conference. |
1327 | 1389 |
| July 17 (tel. 40) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Assistant
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Report of a difference of interpretation on the part of British and United States officials with respect to instructions issued by Ambassador Pauley on restitution questions; outline of a proposed reply to an aide-mémoire from the British Embassy on this subject. |
897 | 840 |
| July 17 (tel. Victory 52) (Conf-rep 2) | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Acting Head of the Delegation to the Allied
Commission on Reparations Request for statistics on assets and output in eastern Germany before World War II. |
898 | 841 |
| July 17 (tel. War 33556) | The Acting Chairman of the Interim Committee to the
Secretary of War Further interim report on the successful testing of the atomic bomb. (Footnote: Extract from Secretary Stimson’s diary for July 18, 1945, concerning the communication of the above message to the President.) |
1304 | 1360 |
| July 17 | *Tripartite Communiqué Announcement that the Heads of Government have met and exchanged views, that the President of the United States will preside at the meetings of the Conference, and that the Foreign Ministers will hold regular meetings to prepare the work of the Conference. |
63 | |
| July 17 (tel. 197) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Representative
in Hungary Views with respect to the procedures of the Allied Control Commission for Hungary. |
798 | 692 |
| July 17 (tel. 1629) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in the
Soviet Union Instruction to inform the Soviet Government that the United States assumes Soviet concurrence in a line of action concerning German external assets. |
982 | 949 |
| July 17 (tel. 44) | The Acting Chief of the Division of Economic
Security Controls to the Director of the Office of Financial and
Development Policy Report on the status of negotiations with respect to the control of German external assets. |
983 | 950 |
| 1945 July 18 | *Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Joint Chiefs
of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: a memorandum for the President on the unconditional surrender formula for Japan; the relationship between the Chiefs of Staff of the United States and of the other nations participating in the war against Japan; French and Netherland participation in the war against Japan; staff conversations with Portugal; and disposition of captured German passenger ships. |
64 | |
| July 18 | *The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the
President Recommendations for amending the proposed proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan. |
1239 | 1268 |
| July 18 (C.C.S. 679/6) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Recommendations for the allocation by the Combined Chiefs of Staff of seven captured German vessels. |
1190 | 1191 |
| July 18 (C.C.S. 842/2) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Recommendation that the Combined Chiefs of Staff approve a draft memorandum (text printed) to the French and Netherland Representatives to the Combined Chiefs of Staff with respect to French and Netherland participation in the war against Japan. |
1289 | 1344 |
| July 18 (C.C.S. 889/2) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Transmittal of extracts from a message of July 9, 1945, from General of the Army MacArthur commenting upon and making suggestions with respect to British Commonwealth participation in the Coronet operations. |
1284 | 1336 |
| July 18 (tel. Victory 56) | *The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs and the Adviser on German Economic Affairs to the Deputy to
the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs Request for information as to whether the Soviet Union has been informed of a proposed directive on German coal production and exports. |
1039 | 1023 |
| July 18 | *First Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers and dissolution of the European Advisory Commission; policy toward Germany; the agenda for the Second Plenary Meeting; disposition of the German Fleet; Poland; German economic problems; chairmanship of the meetings of the Foreign Ministers; and admission of Italy to the United Nations. |
66 | |
| July 18 | *First Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Rapporteur’s Report Report by Secretary of State Byrnes to the Heads of Government on the discussions in the First Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
77 | |
| 1945 July 18 | *Report by the Subcommittee on the Council of
Foreign Ministers Report of approval of the United States proposal concerning the establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers; transmittal of a redraft of paragraph 3 of that proposal. (Annex: Alternative texts considered by the Subcommittee.) |
712 | 611 |
| July 18 (tel. 2979) | The Ambassador in Italy to the Acting Secretary of State Information concerning British newspaper reports of a speech by Lieutenant General Anders; report that General Anders is offering every facility for members of the Polish Corps in Italy who choose to do so to return to Poland. | 1119 | 1109 |
| July 18 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the President Comments on Generalissimo Stalin’s statement with respect to exacting reparations from Italy. |
1095 | 1087 |
| July 18 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Secretary of State Transmittal of a revised memorandum on the relationship between reparations and the cession of German territory. |
900 | 842 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Background information with respect to restitution of identifiable gold recaptured from the Germans. |
901 | 844 |
| July 18 | *The Deputy Director of the Office of Near Eastern
and African Affairs to the Assistant Secretary of State for
European, Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African
Affairs Comments on the Department of State’s redraft of a proposal to the Soviet and French Governments to participate in the supervision of elections in Greece. |
1060 | 1042 |
| July 18 | [*Memorandum by the Ambassador to the Soviet
Union] [Review of the Stalin–Soong negotiations in Moscow and recommendations as to United States policy with respect to implementation of the Yalta agreement concerning Soviet entry into the war against Japan; printed as attachment 2 to a memorandum of July 20, 1945, from the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State to Secretary Byrnes (document No. 1215, page 1227), q. v.] |
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| July 18 (tel. 4310) | The Representative in the Conversations Concerning
Tangier to the Acting Secretary of State Report of an informal approach to Soviet representatives concerning Soviet participation in the Paris conversations on Tangier. |
1350 | 1409 |
| July 18 (tel. 7236) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the Acting
Secretary of State Report of a British suggestion that the question of reconvening the European Inland Transport Conference be taken up at the Berlin Conference. |
1158 | 1158 |
| 1945 July 18 (tel. 1548) | The Ambassador in Spain to the Acting Secretary of
State Report on the Spanish attitude toward Soviet participation in the Tangier regime. |
1351 | 1410 |
| July 18 | *Truman–Churchill Luncheon Meeting: Editor’s
Note Summary of information available from published sources on this meeting. |
79 | |
| July 18 | *Byrnes–Eden
Luncheon Meeting: Editor’s Note Note on the absence of documentation on this meeting. |
82 | |
| July 18 (tel. 4307) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the
Political Adviser to the Representative on the European Advisory
Commission Notification that the Soviet Embassy at London has not yet received permission to sign the pending agreements on additional requirements to be imposed on Germany and on zones of occupation in Germany. |
1035 | 1006 |
| July 18 (C.C.S. 890/2) | *Memorandum by the British Chiefs of
Staff Comments on proposals to change the boundaries of command in the war against Japan and on the question of the higher strategic control of the war. |
1268 | 1315 |
| July 18 (C.C.S. 895/1) | *Memorandum by the British Chiefs of
Staff Views with respect to French participation in the war against Japan. |
1290 | 1345 |
| July 18 (C.C.S. 462/26) | *Memorandum by the British Chiefs of
Staff Comments on a proposed letter to the Department of State and the British Foreign Office with respect to Portuguese participation in the liberation of Timor. |
1297 | 1352 |
| July 18 | *The Combined Chiefs of Staff to the Department of
State and the British Foreign Office Conclusions with respect to Portuguese participation in the liberation of Timor. |
1298 | 1353 |
| July 18 | *The State–War–Navy
Coordinating Committee to Members of the Committee Panel at
Babelsberg Circulation for approval of a memorandum on United States policy regarding the Dardanelles and the Kiel Canal. |
1364 | 1423 |
| July 18 | *Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff: Combined
Chiefs of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: approval of the minutes of the 194th Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff; French and Netherland participation in the war against Japan; staff conversations with Portugal; Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific Area; and command and control in the war against Japan. |
82 | |
| July 18 | *Truman-Stalin Meeting: Bohlen Notes Rough notes on a discussion concerning a message from the Emperor of Japan with respect to a mission of Prince Konoye and the reply to be made thereto. (Footnote: Cross reference to a memorandum of March 28, 1960, by Mr. Bohlen with respect to the Truman-Stalin meeting of July 18, 1945, printed as document No. 1419, page 1587.) |
86 | |
| 1945 July 18 (tel. Victory 68) | *The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the
United Kingdom Authorization to conclude the pending agreement on zones of occupation in Germany on the basis of a Soviet proposal for the final sentence of the accompanying report. |
1029 | 1002 |
| July 18 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Suggested revisions in the proposed agreement on the political and economic principles to govern the treatment of Germany in the initial control period. |
853 | 778 |
| July 18 | *The Director of the Office of Financial and
Development Policy to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs and the Secretary of State Memorandum on the urgency of seeking an early decision as to War Department responsibility for interim financing of imports into Germany. |
854 | 779 |
| July 18 (SC–145b) | Memorandum by the Central
Secretariat Transmittal of a memorandum for the Secretary of State concerning the objective of the United States Government in the occupation of Germany. |
855 | 780 |
| July 18 | *Second Plenary Meeting: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: relations with the press; the Rapporteur’s report on the First Meeting of the Foreign Ministers; establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers; political principles for the treatment of Germany; and relations with Poland. |
88 | |
| July 18 | *Second Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
94 | |
| July 18 | Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Draft of a statement on the Polish question. |
1120 | 1110 |
| July 18 | The Commanding General, Manhattan
District Project, to the Secretary of War Report on the successful testing of the atomic bomb. (Enclosure 3: Bulletin from The Albuquerque Tribune, giving the text of a statement of July 16, 1945, by the Commanding Officer, Alamogordo Army Air Base, explaining an explosion which had taken place on the Base reservation.) (Enclosure 4: Memorandum of July 16, 1945, by Mr. Ernest O. Lawrence, describing and commenting upon the test of the atomic bomb.) (Footnote: Extract from Secretary Stimson’s diary for July 21, 1945, concerning the receipt of this report and its communication to President Truman and the Secretary of State.) |
1305 | 1361 |
| July 18 | *Prime Minister Churchill to the Secretary of War Transmittal of a photocopy of an aide-mémoire initialed by President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill on September 18 [199], 1944, concerning the use of an atomic bomb against Japan and Anglo-American collaboration in developing Tube Alloys for military and commercial purposes after the defeat of Japan. |
1306 | 1370 |
| 1945 July 18 | Memorandum by the Special Assistant to the Director
of European Affairs Memorandum of a conversation with the Second Secretary of the British Embassy concerning the admission of Italy to the United Nations. |
725 | 624 |
| July 18 (tel. 7241) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the Acting
Secretary of State Report of British views with respect to Spain. |
1176 | 1172 |
| July 18 (tel. 7242) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the Acting
Secretary of State Report of British views with respect to Tangier. |
1352 | 1411 |
| July 18 (tel. Victory 77) | *The Director of the Office of Financial and
Development Policy to the Acting Chief of the Division of Financial
Affairs and the Acting Chief of the Division of Economic Security
Controls Tentative views with respect to exaction of reparations from Italy. |
1096 | 1088 |
| July 18 (tel. Victory 82) | *The Deputy Director of the Office of Near Eastern
and African Affairs to the Director of Near Eastern and African
Affairs Notification that the Soviet Union has proposed the addition of Tangier and the Levant to the agenda for the Berlin Conference. |
1338 | 1398 |
| July 18 | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of two notes of July 18, 1945, from the Italian Ambassador with respect to a peace treaty for Italy. |
1090 | 1081 |
| July 18 (tel. Naf 1042) (FX 24640) | The Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, to the
Combined Chiefs of Staff Report on military meetings with the Soviet authorities in Vienna held on July 16, 1945, with special reference to communications and the inability of the Soviet authorities in Austria to implement the pending European Advisory Commission agreements on Austria. |
773 | 669 |
| July 18 (tel. M 25043) (Conf-mess 5) | The Delegation to the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations Statistics on assets and output in eastern Germany before World War II. |
899 | 841 |
| July 18 | *Memorandum by the British
Delegation Observations on the eastern frontier of Germany as it affects the principles governing the treatment of Germany and the authority of the Allied Control Council for Germany. |
1144 | 1136 |
| July 18 | [*Diary Entry by the Secretary of War] [Account of conversations with President Truman concerning the Open Door policy in China and the testing of the atomic bomb; quoted in footnote 4 to a memorandum of July 16, 1945, from the Secretary of War to the President (document No. 1212, page 1223) and in footnote 2 to a telegram of July 17, 1945, from the Acting Chairman of the Interim Committee to the Secretary of War (document No. 1304, page 1360), q. v.] |
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| 1945 July 18 (tel. 33) | The Navy Department to the Commander, United States
Naval Forces in Europe Request for United States representation on the Cap-craft commission to protect the United States interest in disposing of captured enemy small craft. |
1006 | 970 |
| July 18 (tel. 1416) | The Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Observations on unconditional surrender as it would affect the fundamental character of the Japanese nation. |
1225 | 1250 |
| July 18 | [The Soviet Acting Foreign Commissar to the Japanese
Ambassador in the Soviet Union] [Notification of the inability of the Soviet Government to give a definite reply to a message from the Emperor of Japan and to the Japanese proposal to send Prince Konoye to Moscow as a special envoy; quoted in a telegram of July 19, 1945, from the Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (document No. 1226, page 1250), q. v.] |
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| July 18 (tel. 304) | The Representative in Hungary to the Acting
Secretary of State Report that new procedures for the Allied Control Commission for Hungary, more satisfactory to the United States than past procedures, have begun without formal agreement. |
801 | 696 |
| July 18 (tel. 51) | The Chief of the Division of Eastern European
Affairs and the Acting Director of the Office of Financial and
Development Policy to the Director of the Office of Financial and
Development Policy Suggestions for emphasis in the negotiations at the Berlin Conference on the use of allied property as war booty or reparations. |
836 | 739 |
| July 18 (tel. 52) | The Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic Affairs to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs and the Adviser on German Economic Affairs Report that the Soviet Union has not been informed of a proposed directive on German coal production and exports. |
1040 | 1023 |
| July 18 (tel. 54) | [The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State] [Draft of a message to Ambassador Pauley concerning the possibility that commodities received by the Soviet Union from the German satellites on reparation account be made available to United States forces through reverse lend-lease arrangements; quoted in footnote 3 to a telegram of July 16, 1945, from the Acting Secretary of State to the Director of the Office of Financial and Development Policy (document No. 1316, page 1378), q. v.] |
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| July 18 (tel. 56) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Suggestion that steps be taken at the Berlin Conference to forestall Soviet seizure of German-held shares in Rumanian oil corporations as compensation for damages caused by Germany; discussion of arguments against such seizure. | 984 | 951 |
| 1945 July 18 (tel. 57) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Assistant
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Background information on the question of inviting Italy to join the United Maritime Authority. |
1110 | 1099 |
| July 19 (tel.) | The Ambassador in China to the Secretary of State
and the Ambassador to the Soviet Union Transmittal of a message from Prime Minister Soong to Ambassador Harriman with respect to the Chinese position in pending Sino-Soviet negotiations. |
1213 | 1224 |
| July 19 | *Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Joint Chiefs
of Staff Minutes Minutes of a discussion concerning the supplying of information to the Soviet Union with respect to the war against Japan. |
99 | |
| July 19 | *Second Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: the agenda for the meeting; establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers; disposition of the German Fleet and Merchant Marine; political principles for the treatment of Germany; policy toward Poland; economic principles for the treatment of Germany; and the agenda for the Third Plenary Meeting. |
101 | |
| July 19 | *Second Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: United
States Delegation Memorandum Summary of the discussions in the Second Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
107 | |
| July 19 | *Second Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Rapporteur’s Report Report by Foreign Secretary Eden to the Heads of Government on the discussions in the Second Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
108 | |
| July 19 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposal for the handing over to the Soviet Union of one-third of the German Navy and one-third of the German Merchant Marine. |
1007 | 971 |
| July 19 | *Report by the Subcommittee on German Political
Questions Redraft of a proposed agreement on the political principles to govern the treatment of Germany during the initial control period. (Footnotes: Extracts from a letter of July 21, 1945, from the Chief of the Division of Central European Affairs to the Acting and Assistant Chiefs of that Division, recounting some of the discussions in meetings of the Subcommittee in the preparation of this report.) |
856 | 784 |
| July 19 | Proposal by the British Delegation Draft of a statement by the Heads of Government on the Polish question. |
1121 | 1111 |
| 1945 July 19 | *Proposal by the Soviet Government Proposal for the Conference to recommend to the United Nations the breaking off of diplomatic relations with the Franco government in Spain and the rendering of support to democratic forces in Spain. |
1177 | 1173 |
| July 19 | *First Meeting of the Economic Subcommittee:
Memorandum by the Political Adviser in Germany Summary of a discussion on the proposed agreement on economic principles for the treatment of Germany in the initial control period. |
110 | |
| July 19 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Memorandum concerning probable Soviet amendments to the proposed agreement on political and economic principles for the treatment of Germany in the initial control period. |
857 | 787 |
| July 19 | *Texts Considered by the Economic
Subcommittee Draft texts concerning the economic principles to govern the treatment of Germany in the initial control period. |
858 | 787 |
| Undated | *Draft of Report by the Economic
Subcommittee Draft of a report on the extent of agreement and disagreement in the Economic Subcommittee with respect to economic principles for the treatment of Germany. |
859, 1041 | 789, 1024 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of a text concerning the financing of approved imports into Germany. |
860 | 793 |
| July 19 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the President Recommendations for dealing with the Soviet proposal for disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine. |
1008 | 971 |
| July 19 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the President Recommendation that Soviet agreement be sought to the supply of petroleum for western Europe from Austria, Hungary, and Rumania. |
1318 | 1381 |
| July 19 | *The First Secretary of Embassy in Portugal to the
Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far Eastern, Near
Eastern, and African Affairs Working paper on implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe and related problems. |
747 | 645 |
| July 19 | [*The Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary
of State and the Chief of the Division of Chinese Affairs to the
Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far Eastern, Near
Eastern, and African Affairs] [Summary of views with respect to the pending Sino-Soviet agreements arising out of the Yalta agreement concerning the entry of the Soviet Union into the war against Japan; printed as attachment 1 to a memorandum of July 20, 1945, from the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State to Secretary Byrnes (document No. 1215, page 1227), q. v.] |
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| 1945 July 19 | [*Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Chinese
Affairs] [Background information on Manchurian problems and recommendation as to United States policy toward the Yalta commitments relating to Manchuria; printed as subattachment 2 to a memorandum of July 20, 1945, from the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State to Secretary Byrnes (document No. 1215, page 1227), q. v.] |
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| July 19 | *Stimson-Cherwell Conversation: Editor’s
Note Quotation from Secretary Stimson’s diary for July 19, 1945, concerning a discussion on the atomic bomb. |
111 | |
| July 19 | *The Assistant Secretary of War to the Chairman of the State-War-Navy Coordinating
Committee Provisional approval of an attached memorandum (text printed) on United States policy regarding the Dardanelles and the Kiel Canal. |
1365 | 1423 |
| July 19 | *The Deputy Director of the Office of Near Eastern
and African Affairs to the Assistant Secretary of State for
European, Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African
Affairs Comments on the views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with respect to United States policy regarding the Dardanelles. |
1366 | 1425 |
| July 19 (tel. 7259) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the Acting
Secretary of State Report of British views with respect to extending the membership of certain European economic organizations. |
1159 | 1158 |
| July 19 | *Stimson-Alexander Conversation: Editor’s
Note Quotation from Secretary Stimson’s diary for July 19, 1945, concerning a discussion on the proposed appointment of Colonel James H. Douglas, Jr., as Chief Commissioner of the Allied Commission in Italy. |
111 | |
| July 19 (tel. 1417) | The Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Transmittal of the text of a note of July 18, 1945, from Acting Foreign Commissar Lozovsky expressing the inability of the Soviet Government to give a definite reply to a message from the Emperor of Japan and to the Japanese proposal to send Prince Konoye to Moscow as a special envoy. |
1226 | 1250 |
| July 19 (C.C.S. 891/1) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Statement that the United States Chiefs of Staff are not in a position to discuss postwar relationships between the military staffs of the United States and the United Kingdom. |
1197 | 1202 |
| July 19 (C.C.S. 895/2) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Recommendation that the Combined Chiefs of Staff approve a redrafted memorandum (text printed) to the Chief of the French Military Mission in the United States concerning French participation in the war against Japan. |
1291 | 1345 |
| 1945 July 19 | Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff: Combined
Chiefs of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: approval of the minutes of the 195th Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff; participation of two French colonial infantry divisions in Far Eastern operations; Combined Chiefs of Staff machinery after the war with Japan; information for the Soviet Union concerning the war against Japan; a planning date for the end of organized resistance by Japan; and the proposed appointment of Colonel James H. Douglas, Jr., as Chief Commissioner of the Allied Commission in Italy. |
112 | |
| July 19 (tel. 118) | The Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs to the
Acting Secretary of State Report on military meetings with the Soviet authorities in Vienna. |
774 | 670 |
| July 19 (tel. Victory 98) | *The Assistant Secretary of War to the War
Department Report of British concurrence in the proposed appointment of Colonel James H. Douglas, Jr., as Chief Commissioner of the Allied Commission in Italy; transmittal of the text of a proposed Anglo-American press release on this subject. |
1113 | 1100 |
| Undated | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposal for amending a British draft of a statement by the Heads of Government on the Polish question. |
1421 | 1590 |
| Undated | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Text submitted to the Conference on protection of assets of the Polish State. |
1422 | 1591 |
| July 19 (tel. 1418) | The Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Comments on the Soviet rejection of a Japanese proposal to send a special envoy to Moscow. |
1227 | 1251 |
| July 19 (C.C.S. 679/7) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Recommendations concerning trooplift programs in the North Atlantic during the first half of 1946. |
1191 | 1192 |
| July 19 (P 10) | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Memorandum concerning the removal as war booty of British-owned oil equipment in Rumania. |
837 | 740 |
| July 19 | *Third Plenary Meeting: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: a Bulgarian-Greek frontier incident; the Rapporteur’s report on the Second Meeting of the Foreign Ministers; political principles for the treatment of Germany; disposition of the German Fleet and Merchant Marine; policy toward Spain; implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe; implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Yugoslavia; and removal of oil equipment from Rumania. |
116 | |
| July 19 | *Third Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
130 | |
| 1945 July 19 | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Suggestion that the Heads of Government issue a statement recalling that they have given recognition to the Yugoslav Government on the basis of the Yalta Declaration on Yugoslavia and the Tito-Šubašić agreement, which they expect to be carried out in the near future. |
1202 | 1209 |
| July 19 (tel. 481) | The Acting Representative in Rumania to the Acting Secretary of State Report on the tactics of the Tatarescu faction in Rumania. | 802 | 696 |
| July 19 (tel. 7269) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the Acting
Secretary of State Report on the first impressions of the British Chargé d’Affaires in Poland following his arrival. |
1122 | 1112 |
| July 19 | *Memorandum by the Secretary of War Reflections on the basic problems confronting the United States in its relations with the Soviet Union. (Footnote: Extracts from Secretary Stimson’s diary, July 19–22, 1945, on the genesis of this memorandum and the circumstances of its presentation to President Truman.) |
1157 | 1155 |
| July 19 (6275–3) | [The Bulgarian Foreign Minister to the Deputy
Chairman of the Allied Control Commission for
Bulgaria] [Review of the situation in Bulgaria for the information of the participants in the Berlin Conference and a request for the establishment of regular diplomatic intercourse between Bulgaria and the Allied Powers; quoted in a message of July 24, 1945, from the Representation on the Allied Control Commission for Bulgaria to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (document No. 813, page 711), q. v.] |
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| July 19 | [The Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Soviet Acting
Foreign Commissar] [Statement of the assumption that the Soviet Government, in view of its actions, has no objection to a démarche to the Spanish Government with respect to control of German assets in Spain, and notification that such a démarche will be made; quoted in an airgram of July 27, 1945, from the Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Acting Secretary of State (document No. 997, page 959), q. v.] |
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| July 19 (tel. 2628) | The Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Acting
Secretary of State Notification that instructions for an approach to the Soviet Government concerning the control of German external assets have been executed. |
985 | 952 |
| July 19 (tel. 990) | The Ambassador in Turkey to the Acting Secretary of
State Report of Turkish reactions to recent Anglo-Turkish conversations. |
1367 | 1426 |
| 1945 July 19 (tel. 730) | The Ambassador in Greece to the Acting Secretary of
State Observations on Soviet distortions in portraying Greece as a country in the throes of anarchy and as a menace to its peaceful neighbors. |
1072 | 1060 |
| July 19 | *Tripartite Dinner Meeting: Editor’s
Note Note on the absence of documentation on this meeting. |
137 | |
| July 19 (tel. Victory 115 of July 20) | *Mosely–Vyshinsky Conversation: The Political Adviser to the
Representative on the European Advisory Commission to the Ambassador
in the United Kingdom Report, dated July 20, 1945, that Mr. Vyshinsky informed Mr. Mosely that the Soviet Government has approved the “additional requirements” agreement for Germany except the title and first paragraph. |
138 | |
| July 19 (tel. 60) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Report that the European Advisory Commission agreements on Austria have been approved by the State, War, and Navy Departments and by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. |
775 | 671 |
| July 19 (tel. 61) | The Director of the Office of Transport and
Communications Policy to the Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic Affairs Views on the reconvening of the European Inland Transport Conference; transmittal of the text of a communication of July 14, 1945, from the Department of State to the British Embassy on this subject. |
1160 | 1159 |
| July 19 (tel. 63) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Comments on the situation in the Levant. |
1339 | 1398 |
| July 19 (tel. 64) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Summary of the status of the Tangier negotiations with the British Government. |
1353 | 1411 |
| July 19 | *The Secretary of State to the Soviet Foreign
Commissar Proposal for quadripartite supervision of elections in Greece. |
1061 | 1042 |
| July 19 (tel. 1205) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in
Italy Notification that the Department of State has not yet received British concurrence in the proposed appointment of Colonel James H. Douglas, Jr., as Chief Commissioner of the Allied Commission in Italy. |
1112 | 1100 |
| July 19 (tel. 69) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of the texts of proposed replies to inquiries from the press with respect to the unconditional surrender of Japan. |
1240 | 1270 |
| July 19 (tel. 2634) | The Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Acting
Secretary of State Report that representations have been made to the Soviet authorities concerning Soviet economic policy in Rumania. |
838 | 741 |
| 1945 July 19 (tel. 1641) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in the
Soviet Union Suggestion that the question of controlling the external assets of the former German satellite states be discussed with the Soviet authorities at the Berlin Conference; expression of the view that the total freezing of such assets is desirable. |
845 | 747 |
| July 20 (tel.) | The Ambassador in China to the President and the
Secretary of State Transmittal of a message from President Chiang to President Truman informing the latter of the substance of a message from President Chiang to Generalissimo Stalin with respect to the Stalin-Soong negotiations, and asking Mr. Truman to impress upon Generalissimo Stalin the reasonableness of the Chinese position in those negotiations. |
1214 | 1225 |
| July 20 (tel. Victory 115) | *The Political Adviser to the Representative on the
European Advisory Commission to the Ambassador in the United
Kingdom Report that Mr. Vyshinsky informed Mr. Mosely [on July 19] that the Soviet Government has approved the “additional requirements” agreement for Germany except the title and first paragraph; summary of explanations concerning this agreement given to War Department officials by Ambassador Murphy and Mr. Mosely. |
1036 | 1007 |
| July 20 | Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Joint Chiefs
of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on basic objectives, strategy, and policies in the war against Japan and on an air transport route between the United States and Moscow. |
139 | |
| July 20 | *The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the
President Recommendation that the President send a letter to Generalissimo Stalin on the subject of air traffic from the United States to Moscow via Berlin or discuss the subject with the Generalissimo. |
1170 | 1167 |
| July 20 | Meeting of the Economic Subcommittee: Memorandum by
the Political Adviser in Germany Notes on a discussion of economic principles for the treatment of Germany in the initial control period. |
141 | |
| July 20 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Proposed text on the financing of imports into Germany. |
861 | 793 |
| July 20 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Proposed text on the financing of imports into Germany. |
862 | 794 |
| July 20 (tel. Victory 116) | *The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in
France Instructions to propose quadripartite supervision of elections in Greece to the French Provisional Government. |
1062 | 1043 |
| July 20 | *The Commanding General, Army Air Forces, to the
Ambassador to the Soviet Union Notification that the Joint Chiefs of Staff have approved a memorandum to the President with respect to air traffic from the United States to Moscow via Berlin. |
1169 | 1166 |
| 1945 July 20 | President Truman to Generalissimo
Stalin Request for Soviet approval of the diversion of air traffic between the United States and the Soviet Union to a route via Berlin. |
1171 | 1167 |
| July 20 | *The Secretary of War to the President Recommendations for amending the proposed proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan. (Footnote: Extract from Secretary Stimson’s diary for July 24, 1945, concerning a conversation with President Truman about the possibility of reassuring the Japanese as to the continuance of their dynasty.) |
1241 | 1271 |
| July 20 (tel. Victory 143) | *The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the
United Kingdom Notification of Presidential approval of the European Advisory Commission agreements relating to Austria. |
776 | 672 |
| July 20 (tel. 2999) | The Ambassador in Italy to the Acting Secretary of
State Report on military meetings with the Soviet authorities in Vienna. |
777 | 672 |
| July 20 | *The Special Assistant to the Secretary of State to
the Secretary of State Transmittal of memoranda by Messrs. Dooman, Vincent, and Harriman relating to the Sino-Soviet negotiations which had taken place in Moscow, and giving background information and recommendations with respect to those negotiations and with respect to Manchuria, Outer Mongolia, and Sinkiang. |
1215 | 1227 |
| July 20 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Secretary of State Recommendation that the question of obtaining petroleum for western Europe from southern and eastern Europe be submitted to the Heads of Government. |
1319 | 1382 |
| July 20 | *Byrnes-Gromyko Conversation: Editor’s Note Note on the absence of documentation on this conversation, at which the question of trusteeship was discussed. |
143 | |
| July 20 | *The Soviet Foreign Commissar to the Secretary of
State Expression of the negative attitude of the Soviet Government toward foreign control of national elections; intimation that a Soviet proposal relating to Greece will be placed before the Berlin Conference. |
1063 | 1043 |
| July 20 | *Third Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Department
of State Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: economic principles for the treatment of Germany; policy toward Poland; establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers; the agenda for the Fourth Plenary Meeting; the admission of Italy and Spain to international organizations; reparations from Italy; revision of the Italian surrender terms; implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe; revision of the procedures of the Allied Control Commissions for Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania; and freedom of movement for press representatives in eastern Europe. |
143 | |
| 1945 July 20 | *Third Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: United
States Delegation Memorandum Summary of the discussions in the Third Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
156 | |
| July 20 | *Third Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Rapporteur’s Report Report by Foreign Commissar Molotov to the Heads of Government on the discussions in the Third Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
157 | |
| July 20 | *Memorandum by the First Secretary of Embassy in
Portugal Suggestion that Secretary of State Byrnes might wish, in presenting a paper on policy toward Italy, to state orally the interest of the United States in the admission of Italy to the United Nations. |
726 | 625 |
| July 20 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Proposed declaration on the admission of Italy and the non-admission of Spain to the United Nations. |
727 | 625 |
| July 20 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposal to authorize the Council of Foreign Ministers to consider in detail the question of trusteeships and to work out practical proposals on this subject, including proposals concerning territories held under mandate of the League of Nations. |
733 | 632 |
| July 20 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Comments on the situation in Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Rumania, and Greece; recommendation for resumption of diplomatic relations with Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, and Rumania; proposal for recommending to the Regent of Greece action toward establishing democratic government in that country. |
804, 1064 | 698, 1044 |
| July 20 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposed statement by the Heads of Government with respect to fixing the western frontier of Poland along the line of the Oder and western Neisse Rivers. |
1145 | 1138 |
| July 20 | *United States Delegation?Working
Paper Draft of a statement for issuance by the Heads of Government with respect to policy toward Italy. |
1091 | 1084 |
| July 20 | *The Commanding General, Army Service Forces, to the
British Minister of War
Transport Informal transmittal of the views of the United States Chiefs of Staff on a British proposal to amend the proposed statement of basic objectives, strategy, and policies in the war against Japan. |
1262 | 1299 |
| July 20 (tel. 511) | The Ambassador in Iran to the Acting Secretary of
State Report that a deputy in the Iranian Majlis has urged the withdrawal of Allied forces from Iran. |
1328 | 1390 |
| 1945 July 20 (tel. 3000) | The Ambassador in Italy to the Acting Secretary of
State Report on the discussion of supply problems during military meetings with the Soviet authorities in Vienna. |
778 | 673 |
| July 20 (tel. 7304) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the Acting
Secretary of State Report on British views with respect to Tangier. |
1354 | 1412 |
| July 20 | *Byrnes-Churchill Luncheon Meeting: Editor’s
Note Note on the absence of documentation on this meeting. |
160 | |
| July 20 | *The Soviet Ambassador to the Secretary of
State Transmittal or copies of an exchange of correspondence in June 1945 between Ambassador Gromyko and Secretary of State Stettinius relating to trust territories. |
734 | 633 |
| July 20 (tel. 3002) | The Ambassador in Italy to the Acting Secretary of
State Report of a conversation held on July 19, 1945, between Major-General W. H. Oxley and Colonel General Sergey Semenovich Biryuzov with respect to Soviet troops in Bulgaria and British troops in Greece. |
1074 | 1062 |
| July 20 (1247) | The Deputy Political Adviser at Allied Force
Headquarters to the Secretary of State Transmittal of the minutes of a conversation of July 13, 1945, between Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, and Lieutenant General Wladyslaw Anders, Commander of the Polish Second Corps, concerning the effects of political developments in Poland on the Polish Second Corps. |
1123 | 1113 |
| July 20 (C.C.S. 892/1) | Memorandum by the British Chiefs of
Staff Recommendation that the Combined Chiefs of Staff approve an enclosed draft (text printed) of a directive to the Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia, concerning his primary mission, the boundaries of his command, British participation in the main operations against Japan, operations in the Outer Zone, and the development of bases. |
1269, 1285 | 1317, 1338 |
| July 20 | *Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff: Combined
Chiefs of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: approval of the minutes of the 196th Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff; a directive to the Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia; and disposal of enemy war materiel in Germany and Austria. |
161 | |
| July 20 (C.C.S. 877/4) | *Memorandum by the British Chiefs of
Staff Recommendation that the Combined Chiefs of Staff approve an amended draft (text printed) on basic objectives, strategy, and policies in the war against Japan. |
1263 | 1299 |
| July 20 | *Land-Leathers
Conversation: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from unofficial sources on this conversation relating to shipping matters. |
163 | |
| July 20 | *Informal Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Editor’s
Note Note on the absence of documentation on this meeting. |
163 | |
| 1945 July 20 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Notes on the agenda for the Fourth Plenary Meeting. |
164 | |
| July 20 | *Fourth Plenary Meeting: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: the Rapporteur’s report on the Third Meeting of the Foreign Ministers; time of plenary meetings; establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers; revision of the Italian surrender terms; policy toward the former German satellites; reparations from Italy; zones of occupation in Austria; admission of British and United States forces to Vienna; the western frontier of Poland; and trusteeships. |
165 | |
| July 20 | *Fourth Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
177 | |
| July 20 | *Text Approved by the Heads of
Government Agreement on the establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers. |
713 | 612 |
| July 20 | President Bierut and Prime Minister Osóbka-Morawski to President
Truman Proposals concerning the western frontier of Poland. |
1146 | 1138 |
| July 20 | [The Polish Chargé in the Soviet Union to the
American Chargé in the Soviet Union] [Note concerning establishment of a Polish military mission to the Allied Control Council for Germany and Polish representation on the Allied Commission on Reparations; quoted in a message of July 22, 1945, from the Chargé in the Soviet Union to the United States Delegation to the Berlin Conference (document No. 1133, page 1125), q. v.] |
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| July 20 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Recommendation for the shipment of crude oil or refined oil products into western Europe from southern and eastern Europe. |
1320 | 1382 |
| July 20 (tel. 1427) | The Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Analysis of the Japanese position in the war and of the possibilities for ending the war. |
1228 | 1252 |
| July 20 (tel. 516) | The Ambassador in Iran to the Acting Secretary of
State Report of an appeal from the Iranian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister for American action at the Berlin Conference to bring about the withdrawal of Soviet and British troops from Iran. |
1329 | 1390 |
| July 20 | *Truman-Churchill Conversation: Memorandum by the
President Note on a discussion of an adjustment of the exchange value of the franc and of proclamations by the Allied Control Council for Germany. |
182 | |
| July 20 | *Truman-Stalin Conversation: Memorandum by the
President Note on a discussion regarding a meeting of the United States and Soviet Chiefs of Staff. |
182 | |
| 1945 July 20 | *Meeting of the Economic Subcommittee: United States
Delegation Memorandum Notes on a discussion of possible internationalization of the Ruhr and the Rhineland. |
183 | |
| July 20 | Report by the Economic Subcommittee Report on the extent of agreement and disagreement within the Subcommittee with respect to economic principles to govern the treatment of Germany and reparations questions; transmittal of a revised text of the proposed agreement on economic principles to govern the treatment of Germany. |
863, 902 | 795, 845 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Recommendations for amending further the proposed agreement on economic principles to govern the treatment of Germany. |
864 | 799 |
| July 20 | *The Assistant Secretary of War to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs Comments on a memorandum from the Secretary of State to the President concerning the interim financing of imports into Germany. |
865 | 800 |
| July 20 | [*Diary Entry by the Secretary of War] [Notes on a discussion with Ambassador Harriman concerning the political situation in the Soviet Union; quoted in footnote 1 to a memorandum of July 19, 1945, by the Secretary of War (document No. 1157, page 1155), q. v.] |
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| July 20 (tel. 73) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Assistant
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Views on action which might be taken with regard to a strike of Polish seamen in the United Kingdom and possible repercussions of such action on the United Maritime Authority. |
1124 | 1114 |
| July 20 (tel. 74) (SD 4486) | The Acting War
Shipping Administrator to the Assistant to the War Shipping
Administrator Information with respect to a strike of Polish seamen in the United Kingdom; transmittal of the texts of three communications on this subject sent or received by the War Shipping Administration. |
1125 | 1116 |
| July 20 (tel. 76) | The Special Assistant to the Director of European
Affairs to the Director of European Affairs Comments on the decision of Colonel James H. Douglas, Jr., to decline appointment to the Allied Commission in Italy and on the desirability of reaching agreement at the Berlin Conference as to the future of the Allied Commission. |
1114 | 1102 |
| July 20 (tel. 79) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Comparison of certain aspects of the Soviet proposals concerning revision of the procedures of the Allied Control Commissions for Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania; recommendation that an effort be made to reach agreement on this matter at the Berlin Conference. |
803 | 697 |
| 01 July 21 (tel. Victory 149) | *The Assistant Secretary of Stale for Economic
Affairs to the Acting Secretary of State Ambassador Pauley’s comments concerning the interpretation of his instructions with respect to restitution questions. |
903 | 846 |
| July 21 | *The Political Adviser to the Representative on the
European Advisory Commission to the Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic Affairs Comments on a Soviet proposal for internationalizing the Ruhr. |
1025 | 997 |
| July 21 | *Memorandum by the Director of Political Affairs,
United States Group, Control Council (Germany) Comments on proposals for the creation of a separate Ruhr-Rhineland state. |
1026 | 999 |
| July 21 | *The Chief of Staff of the United States Delegation
to the Allied Commission on Reparations to the Representative on the
Allied Commission on Reparations Transmittal of statistics on oil production in eastern Europe. |
1321 | 1383 |
| July 21 | *United States Delegation Memorandum Agenda for the Fourth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
185 | |
| July 21 | *Fourth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: date and place of meeting and composition of the Council of Foreign Ministers; economic principles for the treatment of Germany; a declaration on Poland; implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe; policy toward Italy and the former German satellites; and the agenda for the Fifth Plenary Meeting. |
186 | |
| July 21 | *Fourth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Rapporteur’s Report Report by Secretary of State Byrnes to the Heads of Government on the discussions in the Fourth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
195 | |
| July 21 (P. 17) | *Report by the Subcommittee on Poland Draft of a declaration on Poland to be issued by the Heads of Government, with notations to indicate areas of disagreement in the Subcommittee on Poland. |
1129 | 1120 |
| July 21 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Draft of a statement to be issued by the Heads of Government with respect to implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe. |
748 | 646 |
| July 21 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to policy toward Italy. |
1092 | 1085 |
| July 21 | Proposal by the United States
Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to policy toward Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Finland. |
805 | 699 |
| 1945 July 21 (tel. C 27265) | The Commanding General, Army Forces, Pacific, to the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Suggestion that the boundary between the Southeast Asia Command and the Southwest Pacific Area be delineated to conform to the Philippine international boundary. |
1270 | 1318 |
| July 21 | *Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Joint Chiefs
of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: basic objectives, strategy, and policies in the war against Japan; review of combined Anglo-American procedures for munitions assignments; internationalization of the Danube; trooplift programs in the North Atlantic during the first half of 1946; disposition of captured German passenger ships; and collection of weather information in eastern Siberia. |
197 | |
| July 21 (C.C.S. 877/5) | Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Reply to British comments on a proposed statement of basic objectives, strategy, and policies in the war against Japan; transmittal of an amended draft of the proposed text. |
1264 | 1304 |
| July 21 | *The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the
President Recommendation for the abolition of the Munitions Assignments Board, Washington. |
1198 | 1203 |
| July 21 (C.C.S. 896) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Recommendation that the Combined Chiefs of Staff send a letter (draft text printed as enclosure A) to the Department of State and to the British Foreign Office suggesting that the agreement of the Soviet Government be sought to the creation of an interim Danube Navigation Agency. (Enclosure B: Message of July 3, 1945, from the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff, reporting on problems concerning shipping on the Danube, recommending the establishment of an interim Danube Navigation Agency, and suggesting that internationalization of the Danube be added to the agenda for the Berlin Conference.) |
754 | 651 |
| July 21 | *The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the
President Request that the President present to Generalissimo Stalin a memorandum requesting Soviet approval of a proposal to augment facilities for the collection and dissemination of weather information in Siberia. |
1277 | 1325 |
| July 21 | *President Truman to Generalissimo
Stalin Request for Soviet approval of a proposal to augment facilities for the collection and dissemination of weather information in Siberia. |
1278 | 1326 |
| July 21 (tel. 931) | The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union Definition of the proposed mission of Prince Konoye to the Soviet Union. | 1229 | 1257 |
| 1945 July 21 (tel. 932) | The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs to the
Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union Comments on Japanese policy with respect to possible surrender. |
1230 | 1258 |
| July 21 (tel. 1568) | The Ambassador in Portugal to the Acting Secretary
of State Report of Portuguese reaction to the delay in arranging for Portuguese participation in the war against Japan; recommendation for action. |
1299 | 1354 |
| July 21 | *Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff: Combined
Chiefs of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: approval of the minutes of the 197th Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff; basic objectives, strategy, and policies in the war against Japan; trooplift programs in the North Atlantic in the first half of 1946; and disposition of captured German passenger ships. |
201 | |
| July 21 (C.C.S. 889/3) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Comments with respect to a proposed visit by British officers to General of the Army MacArthur and Fleet Admiral Nimitz. |
1286 | 1339 |
| July 21 (tel. 1433) | The Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Comments on the possibility that the Japanese request to send a special envoy to Moscow has been discussed at the Berlin Conference; warning that Japanese-Soviet relations may take an unforeseeable turn. |
1231 | 1259 |
| July 21 (tel. 91) | The Chief of Mission in Albania to the Acting
Secretary of State Report on Greek-Albanian frontier incidents. |
1075 | 1063 |
| July 21 (tel. Victory 167) | *The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of
State Instructions to acknowledge a telegram from Mr. Syngman Rhee requesting the Heads of Government at the Berlin Conference to issue a statement with respect to Korea. |
735 | 635 |
| July 21 (tel. 46) | The Ambassador in France to the United States
Delegation Report of French acceptance of the proposal for quadripartite supervision of elections in Greece. |
1065 | 1045 |
| July 21 (tel. 4396) | The Ambassador in France to the Acting Secretary of
State Report of a conversation with Foreign Minister Bidault concerning the Levant situation. |
1340 | 1399 |
| July 21 (tel Victory 170) | *The War Shipping
Administrator and the Assistant to the War Shipping Administrator to the Acting War Shipping
Administrator Instructions for action with respect to a strike of Polish seamen in the United Kingdom; transmission of the text of a message from Vice Admiral Land to a United States shipping official in London on this subject. |
1126 | 1118 |
| 1945 July 21 | *Stimson–Churchill Conversation: Editor’s
Note Quotation from Secretary Stimson’s diary for July 21, 1945, concerning the communication to Prime Minister Churchill of Major General Groves’ report on the successful testing of the atomic bomb. |
203 | |
| July 21 | *Fifth Plenary Meeting: Department of State
Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: the Rapporteur’s report on the Fourth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers; a declaration on Poland; policy toward Italy and the former German satellites; the Polish frontiers and areas of Polish administration; and the coal and food supply for Germany. |
203 | |
| July 21 | *Fifth Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
215 | |
| July 21 | *Text Considered by the Heads of
Government Draft of a statement on the Polish question, with an indication of passages on which agreement has not yet been reached. |
1130 | 1121 |
| July 21 | *Text Approved by the Heads of
Government Agreed text of a statement on the Polish question to be issued by the Heads of Government. |
1131 | 1123 |
| July 21 (tel. Neter 187) | The Ambassador to the Netherlands to the Acting
Secretary of State Report on the urgent desire of the Netherland Government to make arrangements for Netherland participation in the war against Japan. |
1292 | 1346 |
| Julv 21 (2536) | The Ambassador in France to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a memorandum by Mr. Ernest J. Dempster commenting upon the Spanish threat to withdraw from the Tangier Statute in the event of Soviet participation in the Tangier regime. |
1355 | 1413 |
| July 21 (C.C.S. 897) | *Report by the Combined Military Transportation
Committee of the Combined Chiefs of Staff Background information and recommendations for action by the Combined Chiefs of Staff concerning the provision of personnel shipping for the requirements of Allied governments other than the United States and the United Kingdom. (Enclosure A: Draft of a memorandum from the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the Combined Shipping Adjustment Board on the above subject.) |
1192 | 1194 |
| July 21 (tel. UK 46111) (Wsa 3843) (PO 1) | The Representative on the London Branch of the
United Maritime Executive Board and the Regional Director for the
Combined United Kingdom and Continental Areas, War Shipping Administration, to the
War Shipping Administrator and
the Assistant to the War Shipping
Administrator Notification of agreement that the Milwaukee should be temporarily repaired in Germany and proceed to the United States for fitting; suggestion that agreement be reached at Babelsberg as to whether the United States or the United Kingdom should man and operate this vessel. |
1193 | 1198 |
| 1945 July 21 (tel. UK 46112) (Wsa 3844) (PO 2) | The Representative on the London Branch of the
United Maritime Executive Board and the Regional Director for the
Combined United Kingdom and Continental Areas, War Shipping Administration, to the
War Shipping Administrator and
the Assistant to the War Shipping
Administrator Inquiry as to the appropriateness of dealing with the Polish Government-in-Exile on matters relating to the United Maritime Authority. |
1132 | 1124 |
| July 21 | [The Polish Chargé in the Soviet Union to the
American Chargé in the Soviet Union] [Transmittal of a note concerning establishment of a Polish military mission to the Allied Control Council for Germany and Polish representation on the Allied Commission on Reparations; quoted in a message of July 22, 1945, from the Chargé in the Soviet Union to the United States Delegation to the Berlin Conference (document No. 1133, page 1125), q. v.] |
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| July 21 (tel. War 35987) | The Acting Chairman of the Interim Committee to the
Secretary of War Notification that Secretary Stimson’s military advisers in Washington favor his “pet city’ “as a target for atomic attack. |
1307 | 1372 |
| July 21 (tel. War 35988) | The Acting Chairman of the Interim Committee to the
Secretary of War Report on preparations for the first atomic attack against Japan. |
1309 | 1372 |
| July 21 (tel. 6019) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in
the United Kingdom Request for information concerning an agreement between the British Government and the Polish Government-in-Exile concerning the latter’s assets; information as to United States practice in granting Treasury licenses to Polish official agencies. |
1128 | 1119 |
| July 21 (tel. 36) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Political
Adviser for Austrian Affairs Comparison of United States and British approaches to the question of recognizing the Renner government in Austria. |
762 | 661 |
| July 21 (P 16) | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Proposal for the complete joint withdrawal of Allied forces from Iran in three stages. |
1330 | 1391 |
| July 21 | [*Memorandum by the Supreme Allied Commander,
Mediterranean] [Report on the situation in Greece and on the relative size of the forces now under arms in Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia; printed as annex I to a memorandum of July 22, 1945, by Prime Minister Churchill (document No. 1076, page 1064), q. v.] |
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| 1945 July 21 | [*Diary Entry by the Secretary of War] [Notes on the receipt of a report from Major General Groves concerning the successful testing of the atomic bomb and its communication to President Truman and the Secretary of State; quoted in footnote 1 to a memorandum of July 18, 1945, from Major General Groves to Secretary Stimson (document No. 1305, page 1361), q. v.] |
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| July 21 | *United States Delegation
Memorandum Summary of the status of problems before the Berlin Conference as of July 21, 1945. |
221 | |
| July 21 | *Tripartite Dinner Meeting: Editor’s
Note Note on the absence of documentation on this meeting. |
224 | |
| July 21 (tel. Victory 182) | *The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and the Director of the Office of Financial and Development Policy to the Department of State Report on discussions at the technical level concerning financing of imports into Germany. | 866 | 801 |
| July 21 (670) | *The Political Adviser in Germany to the Secretary
of State Report on the attitude of the German people with respect to Nazis and Nazism. |
867 | 802 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of a directive to commanders of the forces of occupation in Germany concerning the formulation and execution of a uniform program with respect to economic matters. |
868 | 804 |
| July 21 | *The Deputy Military Governor, United States Zone in
Germany, to the Secretary of State Transmittal of a draft directive to commanders of the occupation forces in Germany. |
869 | 805 |
| July 21 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Draft of a directive for issuance by the Heads of Government to the commanders of the occupation forces in Germany with respect to action in the Allied Control Council for effectuating specified political and economic policies throughout Germany. |
870 | 806 |
| July 21 (tel. Victory 184) | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations and the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs to the Acting Secretary of State Instructions for the repetition of certain messages to the American missions at Moscow and Bucharest; report on action at the Berlin Conference with respect to a declaration on German external assets. |
986 | 953 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Recommendation for the issuance of a declaration on German external assets by the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and (if possible) France. |
987 | 954 |
| July 21 (tel. Victory 185) | *The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs to the Acting Secretary of State Transmittal of a decision as to United States action with respect to a strike of Polish seamen. |
1127 | 1119 |
| 1945 July 21 | *Meeting of the Economic Subcommittee: Editor’s
Note Cross reference to a post-Conference summary of the discussion at this meeting. |
224 | |
| July 21 | *British Text of a Draft Report by the Economic
Subcommittee Draft of a report on the liability of Italy and Austria to pay reparations. |
765, 1097 | 663, 1089 |
| July 21 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Draft definition of war trophies. |
904 | 846 |
| July 21 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposal for dealing with questions involving the restitution of property seized by the enemy. |
905 | 847 |
| July 21 | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Proposal for dealing with questions involving the restitution or replacement of property seized by the enemy. |
906 | 848 |
| July 21 | [*The Chief of the Division of Central European
Affairs to the Acting Chief and the Assistant Chief of the Division
of Central European Affairs] [Account of some of the discussions in the Subcommittee on German Political Questions during the preparation of a report on the political principles to govern the treatment of Germany in the initial control period; quoted in footnotes 4–6 to the Report of the Subcommittee (document No. 856, page 784), q. v.] |
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| July 21 (tel. Victory 188) | *The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of
State Transmittal of the text of an approved reply to inquiries from the press with respect to the surrender of Japan. |
1242 | 1272 |
| July 21 (tel. 87) | The Washington Liaison Officer for the Delegation to
the Allied Commission on Reparations to the Representative on the
Allied Commission on Reparations Tentative recommendations with respect to reparations from Italy. |
1098 | 1090 |
| July 21 (tel. Victory 189) | *The Secretary of War to the Acting Chairman of the Interim
Committee Confirmation of an earlier decision with respect to targets for atomic attack. |
1308 | 1372 |
| July 21 (tel.) | The Under Secretary of the Navy to the Assistant
Chief of Staff for Plans to the Commander in Chief, United States
Fleet Views of the Secretary and Under Secretary of the Navy with respect to discussing the question of the Turkish Straits and the Kiel Canal at the Berlin Conference. |
753, 1368 | 651, 1427 |
| July 21 (tel. 7382) | The Chief of the Mission for Economic Affairs in the
United Kingdom to the Deputy Solid Fuels Administrator for War Report on recommendations being considered by the British War Cabinet with respect to the British coal position. |
1042 | 1025 |
| 1945 July 22 [21?] (tel. Victory 190) | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Delegation to the Allied Commission on
Reparations Request for statistics on production in eastern Germany before World War II. |
912 | 854 |
| July 22 (tel. 272) | The Military Attaché in Portugal to the War Department Report of a conversation with Prime Minister Salazar concerning Soviet policy and the Portuguese desire to participate in the war against Japan. |
1300 | 1356 |
| July 22 | *Stimson-Churchill Conversation: Editor’s
Note Quotation from Secretary Stimson’s diary for July 22, 1945, concerning Prime Minister Churchill’s reactions to Major General Groves’ report on the successful testing of the atomic bomb; quotation from Mr. Harvey Bundy’s later account of Mr. Churchill’s reactions. |
225 | |
| July 22 | *Fifth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: review of questions on the agenda; implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe; operation of control procedures in Italy and the Balkans; economic principles for the treatment of Germany; seizure of industrial equipment in Rumania; and the agenda for the Sixth Plenary Meeting. |
226 | |
| July 22 | *Fifth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Memorandum
by the Deputy Director of the Office of Near Eastern and African
Affairs Summary, dated July 24, of the discussion regarding the Italian colonies in the Fifth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
238 | |
| July 22 | *Fifth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: United
States Delegation Memorandum Summary of the discussions in the Fifth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
239 | |
| July 22 | *Fifth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Rapporteur’s Report Report by Foreign Secretary Eden to the Heads of Government on the discussions in the Fifth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
240 | |
| July 22 (tel. 491) | The Acting Representative in Rumania to the Acting
Secretary of State Report on political developments in Rumania. |
806 | 699 |
| July 22 | *The Secretary of War to the President Recommendations concerning the rehabilitation of Europe, including principles for the treatment of Germany. |
871 | 808 |
| July 22 | *Truman-Churchill Meeting: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from published sources on this meeting. |
243 | |
| 1945 July 22 (tel. Victory 204) | *The Director of the Division of Ship Requirements,
War Shipping Administration, to
Mr. M. F. Millikan, of the
Division of Ship Requirements, War
Shipping Administration Report of conversations with the British Minister of War Transport concerning coal problems. |
1043 | 1026 |
| July 22 (tel. Victory 205) | *The Director of the Division of Ship Requirements,
War Shipping Administration, to
the War Shipping A d
ministration Report on an agreement reached with the British Minister of War Transport concerning the use of T-2 tankers for grain in the United Kingdom import program. |
1194 | 1199 |
| July 22 (C.C.S. 679/8) | *Memorandum by the British Chiefs of
Staff Counterproposals with respect to trooplift programs in the North Atlantic during the first half of 1946. |
1195 | 1199 |
| July 22 (C.C.S. 890/3) | *Memorandum by the British Chiefs of
Staff Recommendations concerning command arrangements in Indochina. |
1271 | 1319 |
| July 22 (tel.) | The Chargé in the Soviet Union to the United States
Delegation Transmittal of the text of a note of July 21, 1945, from the Polish Chargé at Moscow, enclosing a note of July 20, 1945, concerning establishment of a Polish military mission to the Allied Control Council for Germany and Polish representation on the Allied Commission on Reparations. (Footnote: Summary of a declaration of June 15, 1945, by the so-called Polish Provisional Government suggesting Polish participation in international bodies concerned with Germany.) |
1133 | 1125 |
| July 22 (tel. 3022–bis) | The Ambassador in Italy to the Acting Secretary of
State Report concerning the views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with respect to the provisioning of the city of Vienna. |
779 | 674 |
| July 22 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Recommendations with respect to the use of American property for war booty or for reparations exacted from the former German satellites. |
839 | 741 |
| July 22 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Recommendations with respect to restitution of property seized by the enemy. |
907 | 848 |
| July 22 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Suggested United States position on economic questions relating to Germany, Poland, and reparations. |
908 | 849 |
| July 22 | *The Political Adviser to the Representative on the
European Advisory Commission to the Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic Affairs Suggestions for revising the approach to the reparations negotiations at the Berlin Conference. |
909 | 850 |
| July 22 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft paper on war booty and reparations. |
910 | 853 |
| 1945 Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Alternative draft paper on war booty and reparations. |
911 | 853 |
| July 22 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Transmittal of a draft of a quadripartite declaration concerning the assumption of control over German external assets. |
988 | 954 |
| July 22 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Recommendation for tripartite participation in the Emergency Economic Committee for Europe, the European Coal Organization, and the European Central Inland Transport Authority. |
1161 | 1160 |
| July 22 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to the future status of the International Zone of Tangier. |
1356 | 1415 |
| July 22 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to the regime of the Turkish Straits and the abrogation of the Montreux Convention. |
1369 | 1427 |
| July 22 | *Sixth Plenary Meeting: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: withdrawal of Soviet forces in Austria; the Rapporteur’s report on the Fifth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers; the western frontier of Poland; an invitation to Polish leaders to attend the Berlin Conference to present their views; the coal supply for Germany; possible trusteeship for Italian colonial territories, for territories under mandate from the League of Nations, and for Korea; revision of the Montreux Convention concerning the Turkish Straits; Soviet-Turkish relations; Konigsberg; and repatriation of Ukrainians from a British camp in Italy. (Footnote: Extract from Secretary Stimson’s diary for July 23, 1945, concerning the discussions at the Sixth Plenary Meeting and Mr. Stimson’s conversations of July 23.) |
244 | |
| July 22 | *Sixth Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
260 | |
| July 22 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government concerning the transfer of the Konigsberg area to the Soviet Union. |
1020 | 988 |
| July 22 | *Memorandum by Prime Minister Churchill Circulation of a memorandum by the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, and of a report by a delegation of the British Trades Union Congress with respect to conditions in Greece. (Annex I to document No. 1076: Memorandum of July 21, 1945, by the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, reporting on the situation in Greece and on the relative size of the forces under arms in Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia.) |
1066, 1076 | 1045, 1064 |
| 1945 July 22 | *First Meeting of the Subcommittee on Implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe: The First Secretary of Embassy in Portugal to the Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs Summary of discussions concerning implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe and freedom of press and radio correspondents in eastern Europe. | 268 | |
| July 22 | *Text Approved by the Foreign
Ministers Text for inclusion in the Protocol of the Proceedings of the Berlin Conference and in the Conference Communiqué concerning the establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers, with an attached text of an agreement by the Heads of Government on this subject. (This paper is dated July 22, 1945, but was not approved by the Foreign Ministers until July 23.) |
714 | 614 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to policy toward Italy. |
728 | 626 |
| July 22 | *The Chairman of the President’s War Relief Control Board to the
President Transmittal of a memorandum giving historical information concerning the Turkish Straits. |
1370 | 1428 |
| July 22 | [*Diary Entry by the Secretary of War] [Extracts from Secretary Stimson’s diary for July 22, 1945, concerning conversations with President Truman and General of the Army Arnold; quoted in footnote 1 to a memorandum of July 19, 1945, by Mr. Stimson (document No. 1157, page 1155) and in footnote 3 to a telegram of July 23, 1945, from Mr. Stimson to the Acting Chairman of the Interim Committee (document No. 1310, page 1373), q. v.] |
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| July 22 | [*President Truman to President Bierut] [Invitation to the Polish Government, issued on behalf of the three Heads of Government in conference at Potsdam, to send representatives to state to the Foreign Ministers at the Berlin Conference their views as to the western frontier of Poland: quoted in a note of July 23, 1945, from the American Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Polish Chargé in the Soviet Union (document No. 1147, page 1139), q. v.] |
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| July 22 (tel. 99) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Report on a propaganda broadcast to Japan by Captain E. M. Zacharias and on the release of the text of this broadcast by the Office of War Information. |
1243 | 1273 |
| July 23 (tel. Victory 215) | *The Director of the Office of Financial and
Development Policy to the Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of State
for Economic Affairs and the Acting Chief of the Division of
Financial Affairs Report that quadripartite joint programming of imports, exports, and reparations will not be feasible. |
877 | 812 |
| 1945 July 23 | The Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Polish Chargé
in the Soviet Union Transmittal of an invitation for the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity to send representatives to the Berlin Conference to state their views on the western frontier of Poland to the Foreign Ministers. |
1147 | 1139 |
| July 23 | *Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Joint Chiefs
of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: command in Indochina; provision of personnel shipping for the requirements of Allied governments other than the United States and the United Kingdom; a report by the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the President and the Prime Minister; and United States policy in regard to lend-lease assignments. |
271 | |
| July 23 (tel. Victory 218) | *The Secretary of War to the Acting Chairman of the Interim
Committee Request for further information on preparations for the atomic attack on Japan, including targets; notification that Secretary Stimson’s decision against one of the possible targets has been confirmed by highest authority. (Footnote: Extracts from Secretary Stimson’s diary for July 22 and 24, 1945, concerning conversations with President Truman and General of the Army Arnold on the above subjects.) |
1310 | 1373 |
| July 23 (tel. Victory 221) | *The War Shipping
Administrator and the Assistant to the War Shipping Administrator to the Regional Director for
the Combined United Kingdom and Continental Areas, War Shipping Administration, and the
Representative on the London Branch of the United Maritime Executive
Board Instructions that there should be no dealings with the Polish Government-in-Exile at London on matters relating to the United Maritime Authority. |
1134 | 1126 |
| July 23 | *President Truman to Prime Minister Churchill Request for British concurrence in the abolition of the Munitions Assignments Board, Washington. |
1199 | 1204 |
| July 23 | *Byrnes–Molotov Meeting: Bohlen Minutes Minutes of a discussion concerning reparations from Germany and war booty. |
274 | |
| July 23 | *The British Foreign Secretary to the Secretary of
State British approval of a proposed directive on German coal production and exports; views on possible methods of handling this question at the Berlin Conference. |
1044 | 1026 |
| July 23 | *The Secretary of the Soviet Delegation to the
Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far Eastern, Near
Eastern, and African Affairs Transmittal of an aide-mémoire concerning repatriation of alleged Soviet nationals in a camp near Cesenatico, Italy. |
1164 | 1162 |
| July 23 | Byrnes-Eden
Conversation: Editor’s Note Summary of information available on this conversation. |
275 | |
| 1945 July 23 | *Byrnes–Churchill Conversation: Editor’s
Note Quotation of a note by Prime Minister Churchill concerning this conversation relating to Sino-Soviet negotiations and the United States attitude toward Soviet participation in the war against Japan. |
276 | |
| July 23 | *Sixth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Department
of State Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: review of questions on the agenda; reparations from Germany, Austria, and Italy; economic principles for the treatment of Germany; establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers; trusteeship for Italian colonial territories; a directive to Allied commanders-in-chief in Germany concerning agreements reached at the Berlin Conference; Soviet cooperation in solving urgent European economic problems; Iran; international discussions on the status of Tangier; invitations to China and France to join in establishing the Council of Foreign Ministers; the agenda for the Seventh Plenary Meeting; and the situation in Greece. |
276 | |
| July 23 | *Sixth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: United States Delegation Memorandum Summary of the discussions in the Sixth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. | 288 | |
| July 23 | *Sixth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Rapporteur’s Report Report by Foreign Commissar Molotov to the Heads of Government on the discussions in the Sixth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
289 | |
| Undated | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Plan for the exaction of reparations from Germany. |
920 | 863 |
| Undated | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposal with respect to procedures for advance deliveries from Germany of capital goods and of raw materials out of current production or inventories. |
921 | 864 |
| July 23 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Draft text on the financing of imports into Germany. |
872 | 810 |
| July 23 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Revised draft of a text on the financing of imports into Germany. |
873 | 810 |
| July 23 | *Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff: Combined
Chiefs of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: approval of the minutes of the 198th Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff; employment of captured German passenger ships; trooplift programs in the North Atlantic in the first half of 1946; provision of personnel shipping for the requirements of Allied governments other than the United States and the United Kingdom; command in Indochina; the report by the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the President and the Prime Minister; and the control of Allied naval units other than United States units under the command of the Seventh Fleet. |
292 | |
| 1945 July 23 (C.C.S. 679/9) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Counterproposals on the employment of captured enemy passenger shipping and trooplift programs in the North Atlantic. |
1196 | 1201 |
| July 23 (tel.?) | President Bierut to President Truman Acceptance of the invitation to the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity to send representatives to the Berlin Conference; composition of the Polish Delegation. |
1148 | 1140 |
| July 23 (tel. 310) | *The President to the Ambassador in
China Transmittal of a message to Generalissimo Chiang concerning resumption of Sino-Soviet negotiations. |
1216 | 1241 |
| July 23 | *The Chief of the Division of Chinese Affairs to the
Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far Eastern, Near
Eastern, and African Affairs Transmittal of a draft of a Soviet-American protocol concerning policy toward China. |
1217 | 1241 |
| July 23 | *The Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far
Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs to the Secretary of
State Analysis of factors affecting the withdrawal of United States troops from Iran. |
1331 | 1392 |
| July 23 | *Morse–Weston
Conversation: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from unofficial sources on this conversation relating to shipping matters. |
295 | |
| July 23 | *The Chief of the Division of Central European
Affairs to the Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far
Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs Comments on the relationship between the Soviet proposal on a minimum import program for Germany and the provisions of the agreement on control machinery in Germany. |
874 | 811 |
| Undated | *Proposal by the British Delegation Draft text on the financing of imports into Germany. |
875 | 811 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working Paper [?] Draft text on the financing of imports into Germany. |
876 | 812 |
| July 23 (tel. 126) | The Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs to the
Acting Secretary of State Report that Marshal Konev has been instructed to facilitate the occupation of Vienna and that a quadripartite meeting to discuss occupation problems will be held on July 24, 1945. |
780 | 674 |
| July 23 | *Informal Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Department of State Minutes Minutes of discussions concerning reparations from Germany and war booty. |
295 | |
| 1945 July 23 (C.C.S. 900/1) | *Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of
Staff Recommendation that the Combined Chiefs of Staff approve a revised definition (text printed) of the boundary between the British and United States areas of command in the Southwest Pacific. |
1272 | 1320 |
| July 23 | *The Commanding General, Army Service Forces, to the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Transmittal of a revised text with respect to cargo shipping submitted by the British Minister of War Transport; recommendation with respect thereto. |
1265 | 1309 |
| July 23 (Appendix A to C.C.S. 900/2) | *Memorandum by the Secretariat of the Combined
Chiefs of Staff Comparison of United States and British proposals concerning the statement of basic undertakings and policies for the prosecution of the war against Japan to be included in the report of the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the President and the Prime Minister. |
1266 | 1310 |
| July 23 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Recommendations with respect to reparations from Germany and related matters and with respect to economic principles for the treatment of Germany. |
878 | 813 |
| July 23 | *Land–Leathers
Conversation: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from unofficial sources on this conversation relating to shipping matters. |
298 | |
| July 23 | *Seventh Plenary Meeting: Department of State
Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: the Rapporteur’s report on the Sixth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers; definitiveness of the decisions of the Foreign Ministers; the size of British military units in Greece and of Soviet units in Bulgaria; Soviet-Turkish relations; revision of the Montreux Convention on the Turkish Straits; free navigation of inland waterways; Konigsberg; the Levant crisis; withdrawal of Allied forces from Iran; the food supply for Vienna; recognition of the Renner government in Austria; and a recess of the Berlin Conference. |
299 | |
| July 23 | Seventh Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
312 | |
| July 23 | Seventh Plenary Meeting: Memorandum by the Deputy
Director of the Office of Near Eastern and African
Affairs Summary, dated July 24, of the discussion regarding Syria and Lebanon in the Seventh Plenary Meeting. |
317 | |
| July 23 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Proposal for the free and unrestricted navigation of international inland waterways and for international regulation of such navigation; proposal for the establishment of interim navigation agencies for the Danube and the Rhine. |
755 | 654 |
| 1945 July 23 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government for quadripartite consideration of the question of the situation in Syria and Lebanon. |
1341 | 1399 |
| July 23 (tel. Victory) 230) | *The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of
State Notification that the British Government is taking the initiative to have the French and British Embassies at Moscow invite the Soviet Government to participate in the Paris conversations concerning Tangier. |
1357 | 1416 |
| July 23 (tel. 377) | The Representative in Bulgaria to the Acting
Secretary of State Suggestion that the Bulgarian authorities, by raising the question of regularizing diplomatic relations with the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, have given the Heads of Government an opportune occasion to express themselves at the Berlin Conference on the internal political situation in Bulgaria and on elections in Bulgaria. |
810 | 708 |
| July 23 (tel. M 25084) (Conf-mess 12) | The Delegation to the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations Further statistics on output in eastern Germany before World War II. |
913 | 855 |
| July 23 (tel. 3030) | The Ambassador in Italy to the Acting Secretary of
State Report on the reaction of Air Vice Marshal Stevenson to the Soviet proposals concerning the procedures of the Allied Control Commission for Rumania. |
807 | 701 |
| July 23 (SM–2621) | *The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the State–War–Navy Coordinating
Committee Notification of approval by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from the military point of view, of an attached report (text printed) by the State-War-Navy Subcommittee for Europe concerning the proposed statutes for the Allied Control Commission for Hungary. (Subattachment: Draft of revised statutes for the Allied Control Commission for Hungary.) |
808 | 703 |
| July 23 | *The State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee to the Members of the Committee Panel at Babelsberg Transmittal of a draft memorandum to the Secretary of State recommending desiderata with respect to revised statutes for the Allied Control Commission for Hungary. | 809 | 707 |
| July 23 (tel. War 36791) | The Acting Chairman of the Interim Committee to the
Secretary of War Report on the selection of Hiroshima, Kokura, and Niigata as targets for atomic attack. |
1311 | 1374 |
| July 23 (tel. War 36792) | The Acting Chairman of the Interim Committee to the
Secretary of War Report on the tentative timetable for the first atomic attack against Japan. |
1312 | 1374 |
| 1945 July 23 (tel. Victory 233) | *The War Shipping
Administrator and the Director of the Division of Ship Requirements,
War Shipping Administration, to
the Acting War Shipping
Administrator Report on conversations with British representatives at the Berlin Conference concerning the use of British ships in the Pacific. |
1287 | 1340 |
| July 23 (tel. Victory 235) | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Washington Liaison Officer for the Delegation to
the Allied Commission on Reparations Request for statistics on manufacturing and agricultural resources and industrial and agricultural output in East Prussia. |
914 | 855 |
| July 23 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of a proposal concerning reparations from Germany. |
915 | 856 |
| July 23 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government concerning reparations from Germany. |
916 | 858 |
| July 23 | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Suggestion for amending the United States proposals concerning reparations from Germany. |
917, 1045 | 860, 1027 |
| July 23 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Recommendation for attempting to reach agreement with the Soviet Union on economic aspects of the question of the western frontier of Poland. |
918 | 861 |
| July 23 (tel. 495) | The Acting Representative in Rumania to the Acting
Secretary of State Observations with respect to unilateral actions taken by Soviet officials in Rumania. |
811 | 709 |
| July 23 (tel. 7421) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the Acting
Secretary of State Report on steps taken by the British Government to liquidate the affairs of the Polish Government-in-Exile. |
1135 | 1127 |
| July 23 | [*Diary Entry by the Secretary of War] [Account of Secretary Stimson’s conversations with President Truman and other members of the United States Delegation concerning Soviet demands at the Berlin Conference, the timing of the first atomic attack against Japan, and the need for Soviet entry into the war against Japan; quoted in footnotes to the minutes of the Sixth Plenary Meeting, July 22, 1945 (page 260), a memorandum of July 16, 1945, from the Secretary of War to the Secretary of State (document No. 1236, page 1265), and a memorandum of July 16, 1945, from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the President (document No. 1275, page 1323), q. v.] |
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| July 23 | *Tripartite Dinner Meeting: Editor’s
Note Summary of information available from published sources on this meeting. |
319 | |
| 1945 July 23 | *Tripartite Dinner Meeting’ The Assistant to the
Secretary of State to the President Memorandum of July 24, 1945, summarizing toasts proposed by Prime Minister Churchill, President Truman, and Generalissimo Stalin at the tripartite dinner meeting on July 23, 1945. |
320 | |
| July 23 (tel. Victory 241) | *Mosely–Gusev
Conversation: The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United
Kingdom Report of a conversation between Mr. Mosely and Ambassador Gusev concerning instructions which have been sent to the Acting Soviet Representative on the European Advisory Commission to sign the agreement on additional requirements to be imposed on Germany. |
321 | |
| July 23 (tel. Neter 77) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador to
the Netherlands Comments concerning the desire of the Netherland Government to arrange for Netherland participation in the war against Japan. |
1293 | 1347 |
| July 23 | Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of
State Memorandum of a conversation with the French Ambassador concerning the French desire to participate in the war against Japan. |
1294 | 1348 |
| July 24 | [*Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Office of
Near Eastern and African Affairs] [Summary of the discussion regarding the Italian colonies in the Fifth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers, July 22, 1945; printed in conjunction with the minutes for that meeting (page 226), q. v.] |
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| July 24 | [*Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Office of
Near Eastern and African Affairs] [Summary of the discussion regarding Syria and Lebanon in the Seventh Plenary Meeting, July 23, 1945; printed in conjunction with the minutes for that meeting (page 299), q. v.] |
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| July 24 | [*The Assistant to the Secretary of State to the
President] [Summary of toasts proposed by Prime Minister Churchill, President Truman, and Generalissimo Stalin at the tripartite dinner meeting on July 23, 1945; printed under the editor’s heading for that meeting (page 319), q. v.] |
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| July 24 | *President Truman to Prime Minister Churchill Request for Mr. Churchill’s ideas on the settlement of the Palestine problem; suggestion for Anglo-American discussions on this subject. |
1344 | 1402 |
| July 24 | *Prime Minister Churchill to President Truman Comments on the President’s memorandum of July 17, 1945, with respect to lend-lease to the United Kingdom; transmittal of a memorandum on this subject by the British Chiefs of Staff. |
1182 | 1180 |
| July 24 (tel. M 1285) | The Chief of the Military Representation on the
Allied Control Commission for Rumania to the War Department Outline of proposed action in the Allied Control Commission with respect to Soviet activities in Rumania. |
812 | 709 |
| 1945 July 24 (tel. 1951) | The Representation on the Allied Control Commission
for Bulgaria to the Joint Chiefs of Staff Transmittal of the text of a note of July 19, 1945, from the Bulgarian Foreign Minister to the Deputy Chairman of the Allied Control Commission for Bulgaria reviewing the situation in Bulgaria for the information of the participants in the Berlin Conference and requesting the establishment of regular diplomatic intercourse between Bulgaria and the Allied Powers. |
813 | 711 |
| Undated | *Draft of Report by the Economic
Subcommittee Draft of a report concerning the inability of the Economic Subcommittee to reach agreement on certain basic principles of a plan for reparations from Germany. |
922 | 866 |
| Undated | *Proposal by the Soviet
Delegation Circulation of the text of a letter of July 12, 1945, from the Soviet Representative on the Allied Control Commission for Hungary to the United States and British Representatives on that Commission outlining revised procedures for conducting the work of the Commission. |
796 | 689 |
| July 24 | *Seventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Department of State Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: arrangements for receiving the Polish Delegation; reparations from Germany, Austria, and Italy; distribution of European oil supplies; implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe; admission of Italy and Spain to international organizations; establishment of diplomatic relations with Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania; the agenda for the Eighth Plenary Meeting; reception of the Polish Delegation; and the western frontier of Poland. (Annex 1: Summary of statements made by members of the Polish Delegation who appeared before the Seventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers with respect to the western frontier of Poland.) |
322 | |
| July 24 | *Seventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: United
States Delegation Memorandum Summary of the views expressed by members of the Polish Delegation who appeared before the Seventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers with respect to the western frontier of Poland. |
335 | |
| July 24 | *Seventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Rapporteur’s Report Report by Secretary of State Byrnes to the Heads of Government on the discussions in the Seventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
336 | |
| 1945 July 24 | *Seventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Memorandum by the Polish Deputy Prime Minister Minutes of the appearance of the Polish Delegation before the Seventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers with respect to the western frontier of Poland. |
1385 | 1517 |
| July 24 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposal for the exaction of reparations from Austria in the amount of $250,000,000 over a six-year period. |
769 | 666 |
| July 24 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposal for the exaction of reparations from Italy in the amount of $600,000,000 over a six-year period. |
1099 | 1092 |
| Undated | *Text Considered by the Subcommittee on Admission to
the United Nations Draft of a statement to be issued by the Heads of Government with respect to the admission of Italy and the non-admission of Spain to the United Nations. |
729 | 626 |
| July 24 | *Text Submitted to the Heads of
Government Draft of a statement to be issued by the Heads of Government with respect to the admission of Italy and the non-admission of Spain to the United Nations. |
1424 | 1592 |
| July 24 | *Proposal by the British Delegation Note by Foreign Secretary Eden with respect to the removal of Allied industrial equipment from Rumania by the Soviet authorities. |
841 | 743 |
| July 24 | *Report by the Economic Subcommittee Second report of the Economic Subcommittee to the Foreign Ministers; report on the degree of agreement and disagreement in the Subcommittee with respect to reparations from Germany, Austria, and Italy, and with respect to distribution of European oil supplies. |
766, 923, 1322 | 664, 866, 1385 |
| July 24 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft statement of the United States position with respect to removals of property from Austria. |
767 | 665 |
| July 24 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft statement of the United States position with respect to removals of property from Austria. |
768 | 665 |
| July 24 | *Leahy-Churchill Conversation: Editor’s
Note Summary of information available on this conversation. |
339 | |
| July 24 | *Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff With
President Truman and Prime
Minister Churchill: Joint
Chiefs of Staff Minutes Minutes of the discussion, amendment, and approval of a report from the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the President and Prime Minister summarizing the conclusions reached in their deliberations at the Terminal Conference. |
339 | |
| 1945 July 24 | *The Combined Chiefs of Staff to President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill Text, as approved by the President and the Prime Minister, of a report by the Combined Chiefs of Staff summarizing the conclusions reached at the Terminal Conference with respect to the over-all objective in the war against Japan; the over-all strategic concept for the prosecution of the war; basic undertakings and policies for the prosecution of the war; strategic direction of the war; operations in the Pacific and in the Southeast Asia Command; reallocation of areas and command in the Southwest Pacific and Southeast Asia Areas; French, Netherland, and Portuguese participation in the war; information for the Soviet Union concerning the war against Japan; and personnel and cargo shipping. (Appendix A: Memorandum on plans and operations in the Pacific.) (Appendix B: Directive to the Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia, with respect to his mission and the boundaries of his command.) (Appendix C: Definition of the boundary between the British and United States areas of command in the Southwest Pacific.) (Appendix D: Views of the Combined Chiefs of Staff with respect to Portuguese participation in the war against Japan.) (Appendix E: Memorandum for the Combined Shipping Adjustment Board with respect to passenger shipping requirements of the Allied nations.) |
1381 | 1462 |
| Undated | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Draft of a proclamation to be issued by the Heads of Government of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China calling for the surrender of Japan. |
1244 | 1275 |
| Undated | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Proposed amendments in the draft of a proclamation to be issued calling for the surrender of Japan. |
1245 | 1277 |
| July 24 (tel. 311) | *The President to the Ambassador in
China Instruction to request the concurrence of Generalissimo Chiang in the issuance of a proclamation by the Heads of Government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and China calling for the surrender of Japan. |
1246 | 1278 |
| July 24 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of the United States position with respect to exacting reparations from Italy. |
1101 | 1094 |
| July 24 (C.C.S. 896/1) | *Memorandum by the British Chiefs of
Staff Concurrence in the dispatch of a letter from the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the Department of State and the British Foreign Office with respect to internationalization of the Danube. |
756 | 655 |
| July 24 | [*The Combined Chiefs of Staff to the Department of
State and the British Foreign Office] [Suggestion that the agreement of the Soviet Government be sought to the creation of an interim Danube Navigation Agency; printed as enclosure A to a memorandum of July 21, 1945, by the United States Chiefs of Staff (document No. 754, page 651), q. v.] |
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| 1945 July 24 | *Tripartite Military Meeting: Joint Chiefs of Staff
Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: Soviet entry into the war against Japan; a review of the ground, naval, and air situation in the war against Japan; and future operations in the war. |
344 | |
| July 24 | *The United States Chiefs of Staff to the Soviet
Chiefs of Staff Five questions relating to Soviet-American cooperation in the war against Japan. |
1279 | 1327 |
| July 24 | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Proposed amendments to the draft agreement concerning political principles for the treatment of Germany. |
879 | 814 |
| July 24 (tel. Comea 340) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the
Secretary of State Report on a meeting of the European Advisory Commission concerning the proposed agreements on the zones of occupation in Germany and on additional requirements to be imposed on Germany. |
1031, 1037 | 1003, 1008 |
| July 24 (tel. 2667) | The Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Acting
Secretary of State Report on a Soviet note to the British Chargé at Moscow concerning the Soviet press and radio campaign against the Greek Government and the British in Greece. |
1067 | 1046 |
| July 24 | *Byrnes–Eden–Molotov
Luncheon Meeting and Byrnes–Molotov Meeting: Page Minutes Minutes of a discussion between Secretary Byrnes and Foreign Commissar Molotov concerning the proposed Council of Foreign Ministers. |
354 | |
| Undated | *Memorandum by the Commanding General, United States
Military Mission to the Soviet Union Recommendations with respect to the agenda and procedure for a meeting of the Chiefs of Staff of the United States and the Soviet Union. |
1280 | 1328 |
| July 24 | *Truman–Bierut
Conversation: Memorandum by the Ambassador to the Soviet
Union Memorandum of a conversation concerning the western frontier of Poland. |
356 | |
| July 24 (tel. M 25095) (Conf-mess 14) | The Delegation to the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations Statistics on the resources of East Prussia before World War II. |
919 | 862 |
| July 24 (tel. 1441) | The Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Acknowledgment of the receipt of two messages; notification that the Ambassador will seek a meeting with the Soviet Acting Foreign Commissar. |
1232 | 1260 |
| 1945 July 24 | *Eighth Plenary Meeting: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: the Rapporteur’s report on the Seventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers; the admission of Italy and the former German satellites and the non-admission of Spain to the United Nations; diplomatic relations with Italy and the former German satellites; European inland waterways; revision of the Montreux Convention on the Turkish Straits; preparation of the Conference Communiqué; the western frontier of Poland; repatriation of prisoners from a British camp in Italy; and the food supply for Vienna. |
357 | |
| July 24 | *Eighth Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
368 | |
| July 24 | *Memorandum by the President’s Chief of
Staff Note on the attitude of the United States with respect to the passage of ships through the Turkish Straits and fortification of the Straits. |
1371 | 1434 |
| July 24 (1346) | The Ambassador in Greece to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a report by the Assistant Military Attaché concerning violations of the Greek-Yugoslav border. |
1079 | 1068 |
| July 24 | *Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff: Combined
Chiefs of Staff Minutes Minutes of a discussion concerning operations in the Southeast Asia Command. |
375 | |
| July 24 | *The Adviser on German Economic Affairs to the
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs Recommended safeguards to be sought in any agreement with the Soviet Union concerning reparations. |
924 | 867 |
| July 24 [25?] | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Proposed plan for the exaction of reparations from Germany. |
925 | 867 |
| July 24 (tel. 667) | The Military Attaché in Sweden to the War Department Report of Soviet intentions to fly interned German aircraft out of Sweden as war booty. |
990 | 956 |
| July 24 | *Morse-Weston
Conversation: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from unofficial sources on this conversation. |
378 | |
| July 24 | *Memorandum by the Polish Deputy Prime
Minister Notes on the conditions requisite for the establishment of a strong, free, and independent Poland. |
1136 | 1128 |
| Undated | *Memorandum by the Polish Deputy Prime
Minister Notes on political and economic problems affecting Poland. |
1137 | 1129 |
| July 24 | *Memorandum by the Polish Deputy Prime
Minister Statement in favor of the Oder-Neisse line as the western frontier of Poland; review of factors necessitating an immediate determination of this frontier. |
1149 | 1140 |
| July 24 (tel. 7445) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the Acting
Secretary of State Summary of reports from the British Chargé at Warsaw to the Foreign Office concerning political conditions in Poland. |
1138 | 1130 |
| 1945 July 24 | *Truman–Stalin Conversation: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from published sources on this conversation, during which the President told Generalissimo Stalin of the development of a new weapon of unusual destructive force. |
378 | |
| July 24 | *Byrnes
Conversation With Members of the Polish Delegation: Editor’s
Note Note on the absence of documentation on this conversation. |
379 | |
| July 24 | *Morse–Weston
Conversation: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from unofficial sources on this conversation concerning the distribution of captured German vessels. |
380 | |
| July 24 | *Second Meeting of the Subcommittee on
Implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe:
Editor’s Note Quotation from Mr. Walter Brown’s diary summarizing the discussion at this meeting. |
380 | |
| July 24 (tel. 498) | The Acting Representative in Rumania to the Acting
Secretary of State Report of a conversation with Mr. Iuliu Maniu concerning the political situation in Rumania. |
814 | 714 |
| July 24 (tel. 746) | The Ambassador in Greece to the Acting Secretary of
State Report of the resignation of Foreign Minister Sophianopoulos; comments on the political situation in Greece. |
1068 | 1046 |
| July 24 | [*Diary Entry by the Secretary of War] [Account of discussions with President Truman concerning the need for Soviet entry into the war against Japan, the proposed proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan, the Japanese dynasty, and targets for atomic attack in Japan; quoted in footnotes to a memorandum of July 16, 1945, from the Secretary of War to the Secretary of State (document No. 1236, page 1265), a memorandum of July 20, 1945, from the Secretary of War to the President (document No. 1241, page 1271), a memorandum of July 16, 1945, from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the President (document No. 1275, page 1323), and a message of July 23, 1945, from the Secretary of War to the Acting Chairman of the Interim Committee (document No. 1310, page 1373), q. v.] |
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| July 24 | Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of
State Memorandum of a discussion with the Portuguese Ambassador concerning Portuguese participation in the liberation of Timor. (Attachment: Note of July 24, 1945, from the Portuguese Ambassador to the Acting Secretary of State on the above subject.) |
1301 | 1357 |
| July 24 (tel. 3047) | The Ambassador in Italy to the Acting Secretary of
State Report of a conversation between the British Ambassador at Belgrade and Marshal Tito concerning Greek-Yugoslav relations. |
1078 | 1067 |
| 1945 July 24 (tel. 4463) | The Appointed Ambassador to Poland to the Acting
Secretary of State Recommendation that the Secretary of State take up at the Berlin Conference the tactics used by the Soviet authorities in delaying Ambassador Lane’s departure for Warsaw. |
1139 | 1131 |
| July 24 (tel. 2381) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in
Switzerland Instructions to notify the Foreign Office that the powers occupying Germany claim title to or control over German-owned or controlled external assets. (Identical instructions were sent on the same date to the Minister in Sweden as telegram No. 1416; to the Ambassador in Portugal as telegram No. 1218; and to the Ambassador in Turkey as telegram No. 759.) |
991 | 956 |
| July 24 (tel. 115) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Assistant
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Report that the Soviet Union is now demanding German bank stocks in Rumania. |
989 | 955 |
| July 24 (tel. 117) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Summary of notes of July 18 and 19, 1945, from the Yugoslav Foreign Office to the American Embassy at Belgrade with respect to Macedonia; recommendations concerning a reply thereto. |
1077 | 1065 |
| July 25 | *President Truman to Prime Minister Churchill Views as to the procedure for issuing the proposed proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan; notification that a new directive to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on lend-lease questions is being prepared. |
1183, 1248 | 1183, 1279 |
| July 25 | *Truman–Mountbatten Conversation: Editor’s
Note Note on the absence of documentation on this conversation. |
381 | |
| July 25 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Suggested language on the control of German external assets to be used to amend the proposed declaration on reparations and related matters. |
992 | 957 |
| July 25 (tel. Victory 286) | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Minister in Sweden Summary of the status of the question of German external assets at the Berlin Conference. |
993 | 957 |
| July 25 | *The War Shipping
Administrator to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs Recommendations as to points concerning the division of German merchant tonnage which should be covered in the Protocol of the Proceedings of the Berlin Conference. (Attachment: Notes on the relationship of the Soviet Union to the United Maritime Authority.) |
1009 | 973 |
| July 25 | *Prime Minister Churchill to President Truman Acknowledgment of the President’s letter of July 25, 1945, with respect to lend-lease; concurrence in the issuance of the proposed proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan; transmittal of the approved text of the proclamation with a suggested amendment. |
1184, 1249 | 1183, 1279 |
| 1945 July 25 (tel. 313) | The White House Map Room to the Ambassador in
China Request for an immediate answer with respect to Chinese concurrence in the proposed proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan. |
1250 | 1281 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of a statement for the President to make at a plenary meeting of the Berlin Conference with respect to constitutional restraints on his treaty-making powers. |
744 | 642 |
| July 25 | *Truman–Stalin Conversation: Editor’s Note Summary of information available on this conversation, during which Generalissimo Stalin handed to the President written Soviet answers to five questions relating to Soviet-American cooperation in the war against Japan. |
381 | |
| July 25 | United States Delegation Working
Paper Agenda for the Ninth Plenary Meeting. |
382 | |
| July 25 | *Ninth Plenary Meeting: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: the western frontier of Poland; disposition of the German Fleet; transfer of Germans from Czechoslovakia and Poland; constitutional restraints on the President’s treaty-making powers; reparations from Germany; German forces in Norway; European inland waterways; and repatriation of Soviet citizens from Austria and Germany. |
382 | |
| July 25 | *Ninth Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
388 | |
| July 25 | United States Delegation Memorandum Summary of the discussions in the Ninth Plenary Meeting. |
391 | |
| July 25 | *United States Delegation
Memorandum Summary of the status of problems before the Berlin Conference as of July 25, 1945. |
392 | |
| July 25 | *Dunn-Harriman-Mikolajczyk Conversation: Editor’s
Note Note on the absence of documentation on this conversation; reference to three memoranda handed to Ambassador Harriman by Mr. Mikolajczyk. |
395 | |
| July 25 (tel. 944) | The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union Instruction to request a meeting with Foreign Commissar Molotov during the recess of the Berlin Conference to explain Japanese intentions; statement of the Japanese position with respect to Soviet desires in the Far East and unconditional surrender. | 1233 | 1260 |
| July 25 | *Stimson–Stalin Conversation: Memorandum by the Secretary of
War Memorandum of discussions concerning military operations against Germany, the significance of the war, cooperation in the war against Japan, and Soviet-American relations. |
396 | |
| 1945 July 25 | *Eighth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: inland waterways; transfer of Germans from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland; and preparation of the Conference Protocol and Communiqué. |
397 | |
| July 25 | *Eighth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Rapporteur’s Report Report by Foreign Commissar Molotov to the Heads of Government on the discussions in the Eighth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
400 | |
| July 25 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper List of Berlin Conference subcommittees with pending business, with a summary of assignments given to each subcommittee and the names of the United States representatives thereon. |
401 | |
| July 25 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Statement of the United States position with respect to the use of Allied property for reparations or “war trophies” exacted from the former German satellites. |
842 | 744 |
| July 25 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Proposed procedure concerning removals from Germany of properties of United Nations or neutral nationals. |
926 | 870 |
| July 25 (tel. M 25102) (Conf-mess 16) | The Delegation to the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations Revised statistics on the resources of East Prussia before World War II. |
928 | 872 |
| July 25 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the President Transmittal of a report by Messrs. Luther Gulick and J. Howard Marshall on the removal of machinery from Berlin by the Soviet authorities. |
929 | 873 |
| July 25 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs Transmittal of statistics on the resources of the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany. |
930 | 877 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Statistics on prewar assets in the eastern zone of Germany (excluding Berlin) and in the area east of the Oder–Neisse Line. |
931 | 879 |
| Undated | United States Delegation Working
Paper Statistics on food and raw material surpluses in the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany (excluding Berlin) in 1936. |
932 | 882 |
| 1945 Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft statistical proposal on reparations from Germany. |
933 | 882 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Statistics on the resources of East Prussia. |
934 | 883 |
| July 25 (tel. M 1296) | The Chief of the Military Representation on the
Allied Control Commission for Rumania to the War Department Report of obstacles put in the way of travel by American officials in Rumania. |
815 | 715 |
| July 25 | *The Secretary of the Soviet Delegation to the
Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far Eastern, Near
Eastern, and African Affairs Transmittal of an aide-mémoire complaining of alleged anti-Soviet activities in Austria and Germany. |
790, 1055 | 683, 1036 |
| July 25 | *The Secretary of the Soviet Delegation to the
Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far Eastern, Near
Eastern, and African Affairs Transmittal of an aide-mémoire on the status of German forces in Norway. |
1056 | 1037 |
| July 25 | Report by the European Advisory
Commission Transmittal, for consideration and approval by the four member governments, of an agreement on certain additional requirements to be imposed on Germany, signed at London, July 25, 1945. |
1038 | 1008 |
| July 25 | *Clayton-Mikolajczyk Conversation: United States Delegation
Memorandum Summary of discussions on the following subjects: Poland’s need for assistance in reconstruction; the relationship of Poland to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration; the export of coal from Poland; the economic situation in Poland; and United States economic aid to Poland. |
403 | |
| July 25 | *Clayton-Mikolajczyk Conversation: Memorandum by the Polish
Deputy Prime Minister Summary of the discussions described supra. |
1386 | 1525 |
| July 25 (tel. Victory 316) | *Mosely–Strang
and Mosely–Gusev Conversations: The Secretary
of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom Report of conversations at the Berlin Conference concerning authorization sent to the British and Soviet Delegations to the European Advisory Commission to sign two pending agreements relating to Germany. |
407 | |
| July 25 | Conversation Concerning the Preparatory Commission
of the United Nations: Editor’s Note Summary of information available on this conversation. |
407 | |
| 1945 July 25 (tel. Victory 323) | *The Secretary of State to the Acting Representative
in Rumania Notification that the question of revising Allied Control Commission procedures in Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary is under discussion at the Berlin Conference; instructions to keep the matter open in local negotiations. (Parallel messages were sent on the same date to the Representative in Hungary as telegram No. Victory 324 and to the Representative in Bulgaria as telegram No. Victory 325.) |
816 | 716 |
| July 25 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to free and unrestricted navigation of international inland waterways. |
757, 1372 | 655, 1434 |
| July 25 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Proposed agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to free and unrestricted navigation of international inland waterways, including an undertaking to support such free navigation in any revision of the Montreux Convention. |
758, 1373 | 656, 1435 |
| July 25 (tel. 381) | The Representative in Bulgaria to the Acting
Secretary of State Report on the political situation in Bulgaria with special reference to the forthcoming elections; observation that Allied intervention looking toward the postponement of those elections and revision of the electoral procedures is imperative; recommendation for the prompt exertion of American influence. |
817 | 716 |
| July 25 | *The Deputy Director of the Office of Near Eastern
and African Affairs to the Assistant Secretary of State for
European, Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African
Affairs Summary, in connection with preparation of the Conference Protocol, of the conclusions reached by the Heads of Government with respect to Tangier, disposal of the Italian colonies, the crisis in Syria and Lebanon, revision of the Montreux Convention on the Turkish Straits, and the withdrawal of forces from Iran; recommendation that clarification or expansion of the agreements in principle concerning the Montreux Convention and Iran be included in the Protocol. |
736, 1069, 1332, 1342, 1358, 1374 | 635, 1047, 1393, 1400, 1416, 1435 |
| July 25 | *The Deputy Director of the Office of Near Eastern
and African Affairs to the Assistant Secretary of State for
European, Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African
Affairs Suggestion that items on Tangier, trusteeship, Syria and Lebanon, and Iran might be suitable for inclusion in the Conference Communiqué comments on these subjects. |
1379 | 1441 |
| July 25 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of the United States position with respect to the exaction of reparations from Italy. |
1102 | 1094 |
| July 25 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Alternative draft of the United States position with respect to the exaction of reparations from Italy. |
1103 | 1095 |
| 1945 July 25 (tel. 334) | The Representative in Hungary to the Acting
Secretary of State Report on a conversation with an officer of the Citizens Democratic Party with respect to elections in Hungary. |
818 | 718 |
| July 25 (tel.) | The Ambassador in China to the President and the
Secretary of State Notification that instructions concerning Chinese concurrence in the proposed proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan have been received, and that the text of the proclamation has been delivered to the Chinese Foreign Minister and will be delivered to Generalissimo Chiang tonight. |
1247 | 1278 |
| July 25 | *Report by the Subcommittee on Cooperation in
Solving Immediate European Economic Problems Summary of discussions in the Subcommittee; report that the Soviet Union will participate in the European Inland Transport Conference and that it will review the question of participation in the Emergency Economic Committee for Europe and the European Coal Organization. |
1162 | 1161 |
| July 25 | Memorandum by the Assistant Chief of the Division of
Near Eastern Affairs Memorandum of a discussion between the Greek Ambassador and the Director of Near Eastern and African Affairs concerning a note from the Yugoslav Legation at Athens to the Greek Foreign Office with respect to Macedonia. |
1080 | 1071 |
| July 25 (tel. 119) | The Petroleum Administrator for War to the Representative on the Allied
Commission on Reparations Summary of the petroleum situation in Europe; comments on the desirability of obtaining oil from eastern Europe for the supply of liberated European countries. |
1323 | 1385 |
| July 25 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Proposal for an agreement by the Heads of Government for the supply to the Allies of western Europe of oil from Hungary, Austria, and Rumania upon a purchase basis to be negotiated. |
1324 | 1386 |
| July 25 (tel. 1450) | The Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Transmittal of the text of a statement made orally by Ambassador Sato to Acting Foreign Commissar Lozovsky and subsequently communicated to the latter in writing concerning the Japanese proposal to send Prince Konoye to Moscow on a special mission. |
1234 | 1262 |
| July 25 (tel. 1449) | The Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Report of a conversation with Acting Foreign Commissar Lozovsky concerning the Japanese desire to send Prince Konoye to Moscow on a special mission. |
1235 | 1263 |
| 1945 July 25 (tel. 3057) | The Ambassador in Italy to the Acting Secretary of
State Report of Soviet action with respect to the provisioning of Vienna and of a directive by Field Marshal Alexander with respect to military government and occupational responsibilities for the British sector of Vienna. |
781 | 675 |
| July 25 (tel.War 38253) | The War Department
to the United States Delegation Request for views on a draft message to the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, concerning civil administration in Venezia Giulia. |
1206 | 1213 |
| July 25 | Prime Minister Tito and the Yugoslav Minister of Foreign Affairs to
President Truman Comments on the administration of Venezia Giulia; proposal for elections in that area. (Enclosure: Note of July 17, 1945, from the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry to the American Embassy at Belgrade protesting that the conduct of Allied Military Government in Venezia Giulia has not been in accord with the Belgrade agreement of June 9, 1945.) |
1207 | 1214 |
| July 25 (tel. 3062) | The Ambassador in Italy to the Acting Secretary of
State Summary of a report concerning repatriation problems at a British prisoner-of-war camp at Cesenatico. |
1165 | 1163 |
| July 25 | *The Chief of the Division of Economic Security
Controls to the Acting Chief of the Division of Economic Security
Controls Informal summary of the negotiations in the Economic Subcommittee with respect to reparations. |
927 | 870 |
| July 25 (tel. 121) | The Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic Affairs to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs Report on Anglo-American discussions in Washington with respect to German supply problems. |
880 | 815 |
| July 25 (tel. 122) | The Acting Chief of the Division of Economic
Security Controls to the Director of the Office of Financial and
Development Policy Report on action taken by the American and British Embassies in Madrid in notifying the Spanish Government that the powers occupying Germany claim title to or control of German external assets and requesting Spanish cooperation; notification that instructions to take similar steps have been sent to the American Missions at Stockholm, Bern Lisbon, and Ankara. |
994 | 958 |
| July 25 (tel. 124) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Summary of messages received reflecting Soviet policy and methods in eastern Europe with respect to elections. |
749 | 647 |
| July 26 (tel. 131) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Representative
on the Allied Commission on Reparations Summary of an exchange between the British Embassy and the Department of State regarding the possibility that the constituent republics of the Soviet Union might enter separate reparations claims and seek separate representation on the Allied Commission on Reparations. |
938 | 887 |
| 1945 July 26 (tel.) | The Ambassador in China to the President and the
Secretary of State Transmittal of a message from Generalissimo Chiang giving Chinese concurrence in the issuance of the proposed proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan as submitted to him with an amendment to the first paragraph. |
1251 | 1282 |
| July 26 (tel.) | The Ambassador in China to the President and the
Secretary of State Report on a conversation with Generalissimo Chiang and his advisers concerning the proposed proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan. |
1252 | 1282 |
| July 26 (tel. 504) | The Acting Representative in Rumania to the Acting
Secretary of State Report concerning an interpretation of the Soviet proposals as to Allied Control Commission procedures in Rumania as they affect the size of the United States mission in that country. |
820 | 721 |
| July 26 (tel. 7519) (Co pre 2) | The Alternate Delegate to the Preparatory Commission
of the United Nations to the Special Assistant to the Secretary of
State and the Director of the Office of Special Political
Affairs Report that a meeting at Potsdam on July 25, 1945, considered the question of the officers of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations and of its Executive Committee. |
739 | 639 |
| July 26 | [Messrs. Nikola
Petkov, Assen
Stambolisky, and Georgy
Yordanov to the Bulgarian Prime
Minister] [Request that the Bulgarian Prime Minister ask that the forthcoming elections in Bulgaria be held under Allied control, even though such action might necessitate a postponement of the elections; quoted in a telegram of July 27, 1945, from the Representative in Bulgaria to the Acting Secretary of State (document No. 823, page 724), q. v.] |
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| July 26 (tel. 4505) | The Representative in the Conversations Concerning
Tangier to the Acting Secretary of State Report that the British and French are preparing an invitation to the Soviet Government to participate in the Paris conversations on Tangier. |
1359 | 1417 |
| July 26 (tel. Victory 338) | [*The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Commander in
Chief, United States Forces of Occupation in
Germany] [Directive to take all necessary steps to achieve stated objectives with respect to German coal production and exports; text of directive printed as an attachment to a memorandum of July 27, 1945, from President Truman to Generalissimo Stalin (document No. 1046, page 1028), q. v.] |
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| July 26 (tel. Victory 341) | *The Assistant Secretary of War to the War
Department Transmittal of an amendment to a message to be sent to the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, with respect to civil administration in Venezia Giulia. |
1208 | 1219 |
| 1945 July 26 | *Meeting of the United States and Soviet Chiefs of
Staff: Joint Chiefs of Staff Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: establishment of weather stations in Siberia; definition of operational zones for United States and Soviet forces in the Far East; liaison arrangements between the United States and Soviet commanders in the Far East; use of Soviet Far Eastern ports and airfields for repairs to United States ships and planes and medical assistance for United States personnel; future operations against Japan; and a review of recent naval and air action against Japan. |
408 | |
| July 26 | *Third Meeting of the Subcommittee on Implementation
of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe: The First Secretary of
Embassy in Portugal to the Director of European
Affairs Summary of discussions in the Subcommittee concerning freedom of the press in eastern Europe and revision of the procedures of the Allied Control Commissions for Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania; comments on the Soviet proposals for revising the Allied Control Commission procedures. |
—, 819 | 417, 719 |
| July 26 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Amended draft of a proposed agreement by the Heads of Government concerning freedom of the press in liberated Europe. |
750 | 648 |
| July 26 | *Harriman–Grabski Conversation: Editor’s Note Cross reference to a memorandum on this conversation prepared by the Polish Deputy Prime Minister. |
419 | |
| July 26 | *Harriman–Grabski Conversation: Memorandum by the Polish
Deputy Prime Minister Notes on a conversation between Ambassador Harriman and Vice President Grabski and other members of the Polish Delegation concerning Polish claims as to the western frontier of Poland and related economic problems. |
1387 | 1528 |
| July 26 | *First Meeting of the Protocol Subcommittee: United
States Delegation Memorandum Summary of discussions on the following subjects: texts and titles of the first three sections of the Conference Protocol; arrangement of the Protocol; and procedure for submission of texts for the Protocol. |
419 | |
| July 26 | Report by the European Advisory
Commission Transmittal, for consideration and approval by the four member governments, of an agreement on zones of occupation in Germany making provision for a French zone of occupation and a French sector in Berlin, signed at London, July 26, 1945. (Footnote: Citation to the text of the agreement which accompanied this report.) |
1032 | 1003 |
| July 26 | *Proposal by the United States Delegation [?] Redrafted text of an agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to the admission of Italy, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, and Rumania and the non-admission of Spain to the United Nations. |
730 | 627 |
| 1945 July 26 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft statistical proposal on reparations from Germany. |
935 | 884 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Statistics on physically movable capital equipment in manufacturing industries in Germany at the beginning of 1945. |
936 | 885 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Analysis of the problems involved in evaluating removable equipment in the Ruhr area. |
937 | 886 |
| July 26 (tel. 7529) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the Acting
Secretary of State Notification of British concurrence in Soviet participation in the Paris conversations on Tangier. |
1360 | 1417 |
| July 26 | *Proclamation Proclamation by the Heads of Government of the United States, China, and the United Kingdom, calling for the surrender of Japan, defining Allied policy in certain matters with respect to Japan, and warning Japan that the alternative to surrender is prompt and utter destruction. (Footnote: Text of Foreign Commissar Molotov’s statement of August 8, 1945, to the Japanese Ambassador at Moscow notifying the latter of the Soviet declaration of war on Japan.) |
1382 | 1474 |
| July 26 | *The Secretary of State to the Soviet Foreign
Commissar Transmittal of a copy of the proclamation by the Heads of Government of the United States, China, and the United Kingdom, calling for the surrender of Japan. |
1253 | 1284 |
| July 26 (tel. Victory 349) | *The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs to the Army–Navy Liquidation Commissioner Request for information on the status of a project to transfer American trucks to Poland. |
1155 | 1153 |
| July 26 | Memorandum by the President’s Personal
Representative Memorandum of a conversation between Mr. Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., and the British Minister at Washington concerning a rotating chairmanship for the Executive Committee of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations. |
740 | 639 |
| July 26 (tel. Victory 352) (24) | *The Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, and
Chief of Naval Operations to the Navy
Department Notification of Soviet agreement to the United States proposal concerning weather stations in Siberia; request for information concerning shipment of equipment needed for this project. |
1281 | 1332 |
| July 26 (tel. Victory 358) (25) | *The Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, and
Chief of Naval Operations to the Navy
Department Instruction for the appointment of an officer to serve on the Capcraft Commission to select tugs suitable for United States purposes. |
1010 | 974 |
| 1945 July 26 | *Conversations Among United States Officials
Regarding War Criminals: The
Assistant Secretary of War to the
Secretary of State Transmittal of a memorandum recording discussions during two separate conversations on the evening of July 26, 1945, with respect to United States policy regarding war criminals and renegades. |
421 | |
| July 26 (tel. 339) | The Representative in Hungary to the Acting
Secretary of State Report of discussions with leaders of the Social Democratic Party concerning political and economic problems in Hungary. |
821 | 721 |
| July 26 (21/334/45) | The British Embassy to the Department of
State Summary of British policy with respect to civil aviation. |
1188 | 1189 |
| July 26 (tel. 1439) | [The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in
Sweden] [Instructions to express to the Swedish Government the view that Sweden should not permit the disposition of German property as war booty; quoted in a telegram of July 31, 1945, from the Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of State (document No. 1001, page 963), q. v.] |
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| July 27 (tel. 385) | The Representative in Bulgaria to the Acting
Secretary of State Recommendation that American influence at the Berlin Conference be exerted in support of an appeal by leaders of the Bulgarian National Agrarian Union to the Bulgarian Prime Minister to ask that the forthcoming Bulgarian elections be held under Allied control. |
822 | 722 |
| July 27 (tel. 386) | The Representative in Bulgaria to the Acting
Secretary of State Transmittal of the text of a letter of July 26, 1945, from Messrs. Nikola Petkov, Assen Stambolisky, and Georgy Yordanov to the Bulgarian Prime Minister requesting the latter to ask that the forthcoming Bulgarian elections be held under Allied control, even though such action might necessitate a postponement of the elections. |
823 | 724 |
| July 27 | *The Information Officer in the Office of the
Secretary of State to the Assistant Secretary of State for European,
Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs Report that Lieutenant General Hull would prefer that a Soviet complaint concerning alleged anti-Soviet activities in Austria and Germany be referred to the War Department in Washington. |
791 | 684 |
| July 27 | *The Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far
Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs to the Secretary of the
Soviet Delegation Notification that a Soviet complaint concerning alleged anti-Soviet activities in Austria and Germany has been referred to the appropriate United States military authorities. |
792 | 685 |
| 1945 July 27 | *The Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far
Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs to the Secretary of the
Soviet Delegation Comment that the problem of German forces in Norway, raised in a Soviet aide-mémoire of July 25, 1945, is an area of primary British responsibility; statement of the assumption that the British Government will therefore provide the necessary information. |
1057 | 1038 |
| July 27 | *The Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far
Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs to the Secretary of the
Soviet Delegation Comment that the problem of a camp near Cesenatico, raised in a Soviet aide-mémoire of July 23, 1945, is entirely a British matter; statement of the assumption that the aide-mémoire was transmitted to the United States Delegation for information purposes only. |
1166 | 1164 |
| July 27 (A–183) | The Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Acting
Secretary of State Transmittal of the full text of a note of July 19, 1945, to the Soviet Foreign Commissariat with respect to an Anglo-American démarche to the Spanish Government concerning German assets in Spain. |
997 | 959 |
| July 27 | *President Truman to Generalissimo
Stalin Transmittal of a copy of a directive issued to General of the Army Eisenhower to take all necessary steps to achieve stated objectives with respect to German coal production and exports; expression of hope that the Soviet Government will issue parallel instructions to the Soviet commander in Germany. |
1046 | 1028 |
| July 27 | *The Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far
Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs to the Secretary of
State Recommendation that the President approve the agreement on the French zone of occupation in Germany signed in the European Advisory Commission on July 26, 1945. (The source text bears President Truman’s signature and the date of approval as July 28, 1945.) (Footnote: Citation to the text of the agreement referred to; summary of the exchanges of letters which accompanied the agreement.) |
1033 | 1004 |
| July 27 (tel. 3074) | The Ambassador in Italy to the Acting Secretary of
State Report concerning the discussion which took place at the Berlin Conference on July 24, 1945, with respect to recognition of the Renner government in Austria. |
763 | 662 |
| July 27 | *The President to the Chief of Staff, United States
Army Directive concerning the withdrawal of United States forces from Tehran. |
1333 | 1394 |
| July 27 | *Memorandum by the Political Adviser to the
Representative on the European Advisory Commission Draft text concerning discussions on Austria at the Berlin Conference for inclusion in the Conference Communiqué. |
783 | 677 |
| 1945 July 27 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Revised draft text concerning discussions on Austria at the Berlin Conference for inclusion in the Conference Communiqué |
784 | 678 |
| July 27 (tel. Victory 373) | *The Political Adviser to the Representative on the
European Advisory Commission to the Ambassador in the United
Kingdom Request for information on the status of proposed public statements concerning the European Advisory Commission agreements on Austria. |
785 | 678 |
| July 27 (tel. Victory 375) | *The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in
China Transmittal of the text of an invitation to the Government of China to become a member of the Council of Foreign Ministers; instruction to Ambassador Hurley to present this invitation, in concert with his British and Soviet colleagues, upon receipt of further authorization. |
715 | 616 |
| July 27 (tel. 1018) | The Ambassador in Turkey to the Acting Secretary of
State Report of Anglo-Turkish conversations with respect to the discussion at the Berlin Conference of matters relating to Turkey. |
1376 | 1437 |
| July 27 (tel. 1458) | The Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Observations on the Japanese request to send a special envoy to Moscow and on the probability that the Soviet attitude is designed to compel Japan to make a concrete proposal; report on the proceedings at the Berlin Conference as related to the above subject, with emphasis on the significance of the fact that Generalissimo Stalin has for the first time participated in a discussion of the war in the Far East. |
1256 | 1291 |
| July 27 (tel. 550) | The Ambassador in Iran to the Acting Secretary of
State Summary of the views of the Persian Gulf Command with respect to the withdrawal of United States forces from Tehran. |
1334 | 1394 |
| July 27 | *Ninth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Department
of State Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: review of problems before the Berlin Conference; admission of Italy to the United Nations; diplomatic relations with Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania; reparations from Germany, Austria, and Italy; economic principles for the treatment of Germany; oil supplies from eastern Europe; Soviet participation in European economic organizations; and removal of oil equipment from Rumania. |
425 | |
| July 27 | *Ninth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
436 | |
| July 27 | *Ninth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: United
States Delegation Memorandum Summary of the discussions in the Ninth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
443 | |
| 1945 July 27 | *Ninth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Rapporteur’s Report Report by Foreign Commissar Molotov to the Heads of Government on the discussions in the Ninth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
445 | |
| July 27 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Revised draft definition of war trophies. |
939 | 888 |
| July 27 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Secretary of State Transmittal of, and summary of, a report on Soviet removals of equipment and personnel from the United States sector of Berlin. |
940 | 888 |
| July 27 | [*The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Chairman of the Allied Commission on
Reparations] [Review of negotiations on the subject of reparations and explanation of the reasons for the submission by the United States of a proposal for taking removals on a zonal basis; printed as enclosure 2 to a letter of July 28, 1945, from Ambassador Pauley to the Secretary of State (document No. 942, page 893), q. v.] |
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| July 27 | *United States Delegation
Memorandum Summary of the status of problems before the Berlin Conference as of July 27, 1945. |
447 | |
| July 27 (tel. Victory 380) | *The Director of European Affairs to the Special
Assistant to the Director of European
Affairs Recommendation that Colonel James H. Douglas, Jr., be urged to reconsider his decision not to accept the post of Chief Commissioner of the Allied Commission in Italy. |
1115 | 1102 |
| July 27 | *Byrnes–Molotov Meeting: Bohlen Minutes Minutes of a discussion concerning the issuance of the proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan and the question of reparations from Germany. |
449 | |
| July 27 | *Proposal by the Soviet
Delegation Suggestion for joint examination by Soviet and British representatives of the question of ownership of certain equipment removed from Rumania by the Soviet authorities. |
843 | 745 |
| Undated | Department of State Memorandum Comparison of the terms of the proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan issued from the Berlin Conference on July 26, 1945, with the policy of the Department of State as to the matters touched upon in the proclamation. |
1254 | 1284 |
| July 27 (tel. 256) | The White House Information Officer to the
President’s Secretary Transmittal of a message from officials of the Office of War Information reporting on the handling of the proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan. |
1255 | 1290 |
| 1945 July 27 | *Meeting of the Subcommittee on Inland Waterways:
The Chief of the Division of Central European Affairs to the
Secretary of State Memorandum of July 29, 1945, summarizing a discussion of European inland waterways and the Turkish Straits in a meeting of the Subcommittee on Inland Waterways, July 27, 1945. |
453 | |
| July 27 | *Proposal by the British Delegation Revised draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government concerning international inland waterways and revision of the Montreux Convention on the Turkish Straits. |
759, 1375 | 657, 1436 |
| July 27 (tel. 318) | The Chargé in Yugoslavia to the Acting Secretary of
State Summary of a letter to President Truman from Prime Minister Tito and Foreign Minister Subašić, commenting upon the administration of Venezia Giulia and proposing elections in that area. |
1209 | 1219 |
| July 27 (tel. 319) | The Chargé in Yugoslavia to the Acting Secretary of
State Report on the Cabinet crisis in Yugoslavia caused by differences over parliamentary and electoral matters. |
1203 | 1209 |
| July 27 (tel. Comea 344) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the
Political Adviser to the Representative on the European Advisory
Commission Report on the status of proposed public statements concerning the European Advisory Commission agreements relating to Austria. |
786 | 679 |
| July 27 (tel. Sgs 687) | Headquarters, United States Forces Austria, to the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Report on quadripartite military consultations in Vienna with respect to the food situation in Austria. |
782 | 675 |
| July 27 (tel. 215) | The Chief of the Division of African Affairs to the
Acting Secretary of State Report of a conversation with the Spanish High Commissioner concerning the problem of Tangier. |
1361 | 1417 |
| July 27 | *Memorandum by the Polish Deputy Prime
Minister Summary of the discussion, at a reception given by Generalissimo Stalin for the Polish Delegation, of the western frontier of Poland, cooperation among the Slavic nations, and the general election in the United Kingdom. |
1388 | 1529 |
| July 27 (tel. 147) | The Acting Chief of the Division of Economic
Security Controls to the Chief of the Division of Economic Security
Controls Discussion of the possibility that a démarche to the Swiss Government would tend to discourage Swiss cooperation in tracing and disclosing German external assets; report on a conversation with the Swiss Chargé in Washington concerning deletions from the Proclaimed List of Certain Blocked Nationals. |
995 | 958 |
| 1945 July 27 (tel. 148) | The Acting Chief of the Division of Economic
Security Controls to the Director of the Office of Financial and
Development Policy and the Chief of the Division of Economic
Security Controls Revised estimates of total German assets in neutral countries. |
996 | 959 |
| July 27 (tel. 1256) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in
Italy Notification that Colonel James H. Douglas, Jr., has requested that his nomination as Chief Commissioner of the Allied Commission in Italy be withdrawn, but that a final decision concerning his appointment depends upon discussions at the Berlin Conference. |
1116 | 1103 |
| July 28 (tel. 952) | The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs to the
Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union Instruction to arrange a meeting with Foreign Commissar Molotov without delay and to try to find out the attitude of the Soviet Union regarding the proclamation issued from the Berlin Conference calling for the surrender of Japan. |
1257 | 1292 |
| July 28 | Press Conference Statement by Prime Minister
Suzuki Statement of views that the proclamation issued from the Berlin Conference is but a rehash of the Cairo Declaration, that Japan should ignore it entirely, and that Japan must fight for the successful conclusion of the war. |
1258 | 1293 |
| July 28 (tel. 554) | The Ambassador in Iran to the Acting Secretary of
State Views and recommendations concerning the withdrawal of United States forces from Tehran. |
1335 | 1395 |
| July 28 | *The Ambassador to the Soviet Union to the Secretary
of State Recommendation concerning the negotiation of a Soviet-American protocol on policy toward China. |
1218 | 1243 |
| July 28 (tel.) | *The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in
China Transmittal of a message for Prime Minister Soong recommending a resumption of Sino-Soviet negotiations. |
1219 | 1245 |
| July 28 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Secretary of State Transmittal of a copy of a letter of July 28, 1945, from Sir David Waley to the Chairman of the Allied Commission on Reparations concerning the financing of imports into Germany, together with an enclosed British memorandum on the same subject. |
881 | 817 |
| July 28 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Secretary of State Estimates of the amount of reparations which could be taken from Germany; suggestions concerning the course of negotiations with the Soviet Delegation on this subject. |
941 | 892 |
| 1945 July 28 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Secretary of State Transmittal of (a) a copy of a letter of July 28, 1945, from Ambassador Pauley to the President, requesting approval of a proposed communication to the Chairman of the Allied Commission on Reparations, and (b) a copy of a letter dated July 27, 1945 (but not yet sent), from Ambassador Pauley to the Chairman of the Allied Commission on Reparations, reviewing negotiations on the subject of reparations and explaining the reasons for the submission by the United States of a proposal for taking removals on a zonal basis; request that Secretary Byrnes review the proposed communication to Mr. Maisky. |
942 | 893 |
| July 28 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Secretary of State Statistics on German coal and food production and consumption. |
1047 | 1030 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Proposed redraft of economic principles for the treatment of Germany in the initial control period. |
882 | 818 |
| July 28 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Preliminary estimates of capital removals required to reduce German war potential. |
943 | 897 |
| July 28 | *The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs to the Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations Comments on a memorandum concerning the restitution of art objects. |
944 | 898 |
| July 28 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of a memorandum to the Deputy Military Governor of the United States zone of occupation in Germany requesting the issuance of a decree by the Allied Control Council vesting German external assets. |
998 | 960 |
| July 28 | *The First Secretary of Embassy in Portugal to the
Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far Eastern, Near
Eastern, and African Affairs Suggestions for handling the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee draft of revised statutes for the Allied Control Commission for Hungary. |
824 | 725 |
| July 28 (tel. Victory 391) | *The Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations Division,
War Department General Staff, to
the Deputy Chief of Staff, United States
Army Interpretation of the Presidential directive for withdrawal of United States forces from Tehran. |
1336 | 1396 |
| July 28 (tel. Victory 392) | *The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of
State Instructions to amend the draft reply to be made to Yugoslav notes concerning Macedonia so as to indicate the willingness of the United States to recommend the appointment of an Anglo-Soviet-American commission to investigate the Yugoslav charges on the spot. |
1081 | 1073 |
| July 28 (tel. Cfb 2015) | The Ambassador in China to the Secretary of
State Acknowledgment of instructions with regard to requesting Chinese acceptance of the invitation to membership in the Council of Foreign Ministers. |
716 | 617 |
| 1945 July 28 (tel.) | [The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the
Political Adviser to the Representative on the European Advisory
Commission] [Transmittal of the text of a proposed quadripartite statement concerning consultation with other Allied governments in the exercise of the authority of the occupying powers in Austria; printed as attachment 3 to an undated memorandum from Assistant Secretary of State Dunn to the Secretary of State (document No. 788, page 681), q. v.] |
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| July 28 (tel. 1476) | The Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Report that an immediate meeting with Foreign Commissar Molotov is out of the question; observations on a United States broadcast to Japan and on the indefinite and piecemeal nature of the Japanese approach to the Soviet Union. |
1259 | 1294 |
| July 28 | *Clayton-Mikolajczyk Conversation: United States Delegation
Memorandum Summary of a discussion of the economic situation in Poland and of Poland’s import and credit requirements. |
455 | |
| July 28 | *Clayton-Mikolajczyk Conversation: Memorandum by the Polish
Deputy Prime Minister Memorandum on the discussions described supra. |
1389 | 1532 |
| July 28 | *The Additional Secretary to the British Cabinet to
the Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far Eastern, Near
Eastern, and African Affairs Transmittal of a draft text on the question of the Turkish Straits. |
1377 | 1438 |
| July 28 (tel. 128) | The Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs to the
Acting Secretary of State Report on military meetings with the Soviet authorities in Vienna on July 24, 25, and 26, 1945. |
787 | 680 |
| July 28 | *Memorandum by the Polish
Delegation Transmittal of a memorandum of July 28, 1945, by Vice President Grabski and of three supporting memoranda justifying on political, military, economic, and historical grounds the Polish claim to the Oder–Neisse Line as the western frontier of Poland. |
1150 | 1141 |
| July 28 (tel. 259) | The Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Ambassador in
France Summary of negotiations with the Soviet Union before the Berlin Conference on the question of air traffic between the United States and the Soviet Union via Berlin. |
1172 | 1168 |
| July 28 | *Diary Entry by the Polish Deputy Prime
Minister Notes on a Soviet-Polish conference regarding industrial dismantling and rolling stock. |
1390 | 1538 |
| July 28 (tel. 378) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Acting
Representative in Rumania Views on recommendations by Brigadier General Schuyler for United States policy with respect to actions taken by Soviet officials in Rumania. |
825 | 726 |
| 1945 July 28 | The British Embassy to the Department of
State Formal notification that the British Government agrees to Soviet participation in the Paris conversations on Tangier and that the British Ambassador at Paris has been instructed to inform the French Government of the extent of the discussion of this subject at the Berlin Conference. |
1362 | 1418 |
| July 28 | *Truman–Attlee
Meeting: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from published sources on this meeting, at which East Prussia, the Polish boundary question, and reparations were discussed. |
458 | |
| July 28 | *Tenth Plenary Meeting: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: the Rapporteur’s reports on the Eighth and Ninth Meetings of the Foreign Ministers; the Japanese proposal to send Prince Konoye to Moscow on a mission to ask the Soviet Government to take part in mediation to end the war; the admission of Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Italy, and Rumania, and the non-admission of Spain to the United Nations; and reparations from Austria and Italy. |
459 | |
| July 28 | *Tenth Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
466 | |
| July 28 (tel. 154) | The Chief of the Division of Lend-Lease and Surplus
War Property Affairs to the
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and the Director
of the Office of Financial and Development Policy Report on the status of a project to transfer American trucks to Poland. |
1156 | 1153 |
| July 28 (tel. 220) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in
Yugoslavia Instructions to inform the Yugoslav Government that the United States is prepared to recommend the appointment of an Anglo-Soviet-American commission to investigate Yugoslav charges of violations by the Greek Government in Macedonia of the principles of international law. |
1082 | 1073 |
| July 29 (tel. Cfb 2087) | The Ambassador in China to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a message from Prime Minister Soong concerning the latter’s return to Moscow to resume negotiations with the Soviet Union. |
1220 | 1245 |
| July 29 | [*The Chief of the Division of Central European Affairs to the Secretary of State] [Summary of a discussion of European inland waterways and the Turkish Straits in a meeting of the Subcommittee on Inland Waterways, July 27,1945; printed under the editor’s heading for the meeting of the Subcommittee (page 453), q. v.] | ||
| July 29 (tel. Victory 406) | *The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the
United Kingdom Notification of Presidential approval of the European Advisory Commission agreement providing for a French zone of occupation in Germany and a French sector in Berlin and of the accompanying report. |
1034 | 1006 |
| 1945 July 29 (tel. 282) | The Ambassador in China to the Secretary of
State Comments on conversations which Ambassador Hurley had with Generalissimo Chiang and Prime Minister Soong concerning the Sino-Soviet negotiations. |
1221 | 1245 |
| July 29 | *Truman–Molotov Meeting: Bohlen Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: the illness of Generalissimo Stalin; the western frontier of Poland; reparations from Germany; disposition of the German Fleet and Merchant Marine; and Soviet entry into the war against Japan. (Footnote: Memorandum of July 29, 1945, from Mr. Walter J. Brown to the Secretary of State transmitting a message from the Soviet Delegation concerning Generalissimo Stalin’s inability to attend a plenary meeting on July 30, 1945.) |
471 | |
| July 29 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government that, pending the final determination of Poland’s western frontier, the former German territories up to the line of the Oder and the eastern Neisse be placed under Polish administration. |
1151 | 1150 |
| Undated | *The Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far
Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs to the Secretary of
State Transmittal, for approval, of the texts of three proposed public statements concerning the agreements relating to Austria recently concluded in the European Advisory Commission. (The memorandum bears the approval of the Secretary of State, dated July 29, 1945. Citations to two of the texts transmitted with the memorandum are given in lieu of the texts themselves.) |
788 | 681 |
| July 29 | *The First Secretary of Embassy in Portugal to the
Director of European Affairs Summary of recent difficulties with respect to the Allied Control Commissions for Hungary and Rumania. |
826 | 727 |
| Undated | *The Secretary of State and the Secretary of War to the President Review of discussions within the United States Government with respect to financing imports into Germany; transmittal of a proposed letter of instructions for the President to issue to the Secretary of War on this subject. |
883 | 820 |
| July 29 | *The President to the Secretary of War Statement of objectives to which an import program for Germany should contribute; directive to the War Department to assume procurement and initial financing responsibility for all imports into Germany for which the United States assumes responsibility and for the United States share of any combined financing of imports. |
884 | 821 |
| July 29 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Summary of further action needed at the Berlin Conference on German economic questions and related questions. |
885 | 823 |
| 1945 July 29 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs Transmittal of a draft memorandum to the Deputy Military Governor of the United States zone of occupation in Germany concerning the restitution of art objects. |
945 | 898 |
| July 29 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Secretary of State Transmittal of statistical information concerning reparations from Germany. |
946 | 899 |
| July 29 | *The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs to the Secretary of State Comments and suggestions concerning the negotiations at the Berlin Conference on reparations from Germany. |
947 | 900 |
| July 29 | *The Chief of the Division of Economic Security
Controls to the Acting Chief of the Division of Economic Security
Controls Report that the constituent republics of the Soviet Union have not so far put forward separate, reparations claims. |
948 | 901 |
| Undated | *The Adviser on Administration and Political Science on the United States Delegation to the Allied Commission on Reparations to the Representative on the Allied Commission on Reparations Summary of additional evidence on the removal of raw materials, industrial equipment, and art objects from Berlin. | 949 | 902 |
| Undated | *The Commander in Chief of the Soviet Forces of
Occupation in Germany to Generalissimo
Stalin Report on United States and British removals of rolling stock from the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany. |
950 | 903 |
| July 29 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the President Transmittal of a report by Committee I of the United States Delegation to the Allied Commission on Reparations (text printed as attachment 1) concerning United States and British removals of factory equipment and personnel from the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany. (Attachment 2: Undated report by the Commander in Chief of the Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany to Generalissimo Stalin concerning United States and British removals of factory equipment and personnel from the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany.) |
951 | 904 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Alternative drafts, for use in case of either agreement or disagreement at the Berlin Conference, of the conclusions of the Conference with respect to reparations from Germany. |
952 | 912 |
| 1945 July 29 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government concerning the exaction of reparations from Germany. |
953 | 913 |
| July 29 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government concerning the disposition of the German Fleet and Merchant Marine. |
1011 | 975 |
| July 29 | *Generalissimo
Stalin to President Truman Undertaking to give appropriate study to the question of the use of German coal to satisfy European needs. |
1048 | 1031 |
| July 29 | * Generalissimo
Stalin to President Truman Expression of agreement with the President’s proposal of July 20, 1945, concerning a change in the air route from the United States to the Soviet Union to a route via Berlin; suggestion that Soviet and American representatives study the technical questions involved. |
1173 | 1169 |
| July 29 | *President Truman to Prime Minister Attlee Transmittal of a copy of a directive of July 29, 1945, from the President to the Joint Chiefs of Staff interpreting his directive of July 5, 1945, on lend-lease questions; notification that Assistant Secretary of State Clayton has been instructed to engage in informal conversations with British officials in London concerning postwar Anglo-American economic arrangements. |
1185 | 1184 |
| July 29 | *Text Submitted by the Soviet
Delegation Draft text for inclusion in the Protocol of the Berlin Conference concerning consideration at the Conference of the situation in Syria and Lebanon. |
1343 | 1401 |
| July 29 (tel. 323) | The Chargé in Yugoslavia to the Acting Secretary of
State Further report on the Cabinet crisis in Yugoslavia; comment that there is now a brief opportunity for the United States and the United Kingdom to show their support for democratic principles in Yugoslavia. |
1204 | 1210 |
| July 29 | *Truman–Attlee
Meeting: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from published sources on this meeting. |
476 | |
| July 29 | *Forrestal-Bevin Conversation: Editor’s Note Quotation from Secretary of the Navy Forrestal’s diary for July 29, 1945, concerning a discussion with Foreign Secretary Bevin of political and economic questions in the United Kingdom, the advisability of maintaining the institution of the Emperor in Japan, trade patterns in Europe, and the Balkans. |
477 | |
| July 29 | *Despres–Minc
Conversation: Memorandum by the Adviser on German Economic
Affairs Memorandum of a discussion relating to a conference between Mr. Mine and United States military authorities, Polish membership in European economic organizations, Polish-American economic relations, and Soviet activities and problems in Poland and Germany. |
478 | |
| 1945 July 29 (tel. Victory 416) | *The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs to the Chief of the Mission for Economic Affairs in the
United Kingdom Comments on the British coal position. |
1049 | 1032 |
| July 29 (tel. 155) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Comments on a Yugoslav note concerning civil administration in Venezia Giulia. |
1210 | 1220 |
| July 29 | *Diary Entry by the Polish Deputy Prime
Minister Summary of a discussion between President Bierut and Generalissimo Stalin concerning the western frontier of Poland, including the possibility of a compromise line along the Queiss River. |
1391 | 1539 |
| July 29 | *The Special Assistant to the Secretary of State to
the Secretary of State Transmittal of a message from the Soviet Delegation concerning the appointment of Soviet members of the Technical Subcommittee on Disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine. |
1012 | 976 |
| July 30 (tel. Victory 419) | *The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Soviet
Union Report concerning Soviet plans to fly interned German aircraft out of Sweden as war booty. |
999 | 961 |
| July 30 | *Conversation Between Members of the United States
and Polish Delegations: Editor’s Note Cross reference to a diary entry by the Polish Deputy Prime Minister relating to this conversation. |
480 | |
| July 30 | *Conversation Between Members of the United States
and Polish Delegations: Diary Entry by the Polish Deputy Prime
Minister Notes on a discussion concerning the supply of coal from Poland to the American sector of occupation in Berlin. |
1392 | 1539 |
| July 30 (tel. 560) | The Ambassador in Iran to the Acting Secretary of
State Report that the Persian Gulf Command has received new instructions concerning the withdrawal of United States forces from Tehran. |
1337 | 1397 |
| July 30 | *The Polish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs to
the Secretary of State Request that the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity be enabled to take control of Polish forces now under Allied command. |
1140 | 1132 |
| July 30 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Comments on a Soviet proposal of July 29, 1945, concerning reparations from Germany. |
954 | 915 |
| July 30 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Comments on a Soviet proposal of July 29, 1945, concerning reparations from Germany. |
955 | 916 |
| 1945 July 30 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Secretary of State Comments on a memorandum of July 29, 1945, by Assistant Secretary of State Clayton with respect to reparations from Germany. |
956 | 917 |
| July 30 | *Memorandum by the General Counsel of the United
States Delegation to the Allied Commission on
Reparations Comments on the delivery of reparations from the western zones of Germany to the Soviet Union in return for shipments of food, fuel, and fertilizer from the Soviet zone to western Germany. |
957 | 918 |
| July 30 | *The President to the Commanding General, United
States Forces, European Theater Request for an investigation and report on Soviet charges concerning the removal of property from the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany by the United States Army. |
958 | 919 |
| Undated | *Mr. Josiah E.
DuBois, Jr., of the Delegation to the Allied
Commission on Reparations, to the Representative on the Allied
Commission on Reparations Analysis of the legality of treating gold as war booty. |
959 | 919 |
| July 30 | [*President Truman to Generalissimo
Stalin] [Expression of regret at Generalissimo Stalin’s illness; quoted in footnote 2 to the minutes of the Truman-Molotov meeting of July 29, 1945 (page 471), q. v.] |
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| July 30 (tel. 180) | The Assistant to the President’s Personal
Representative at Vatican City to the Acting Secretary of
State Report of conversations which Brigadier General Hume has had with the Pope and other ecclesiastical authorities concerning the withdrawal of Allied troops from Italy. |
1109 | 1098 |
| July 30 | *Byrnes–Molotov Meeting: Bohlen Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: the western frontier of Poland; the admission of Italy to the United Nations; freedom of the press in Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, and Rumania; reparations from Germany; internationalization of the Ruhr; reparations from Austria and Italy; and war criminals. |
480 | |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Revised draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government that, pending the final determination of Poland’s western frontier, the former German territories up to the line of the Oder and the western Neisse be placed under Polish administration. |
1152 | 1150 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government concerning relations with Italy, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, and Rumania; the admission of those countries to the United Nations; and the non-admission of Spain to that organization. |
731 | 629 |
| 1945 July 30 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Revised draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government concerning the satisfaction of Soviet and Polish reparations claims. |
961 | 921 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposal for the international administration of the Ruhr industrial district. |
1027 | 1000 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposal concerning the exaction of reparations from Austria and of reparations from Italy in the amount of $300,000,000. |
1104 | 1095 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government concerning the trial of the principal German war criminals. |
1016 | 984 |
| July 30 | [*Generalissimo
Stalin to President Truman] [Acknowledgment of the President’s note of sympathy on the Generalissimo’s illness and statement of the expectation that the latter will be able to take part in the Conference on July 31; quoted in footnote 2 to the minutes of the Truman-Molotov meeting of July 29, 1945 (page 471), q. v.] |
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| July 30 | *Tenth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: Department
of State Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: the agenda for the meeting; the invitation to China and France to participate in the Council of Foreign Ministers; notification to the French Government of the Conference decisions on political principles for the treatment of Germany; reparations from Austria, Germany, and Italy; admission of Italy to the United Nations; diplomatic relations with the former German satellites; the western frontier of Poland; economic principles for the treatment of Germany; disposition of the German Fleet and Merchant Marine; German external assets; political principles for the treatment of Germany; Yugoslavia; war criminals; anti-Soviet activities in Austria and Germany; German forces in Norway; internationalization of the Ruhr; repatriation of alleged Soviet nationals; and the agenda for the Eleventh Plenary Meeting. |
483 | |
| July 30 | *Tenth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers: United
States Delegation Memorandum Summary of the discussions in the Tenth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
497 | |
| July 30 (P 69) | *Tenth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Rapporteur’s Report Report by Foreign Secretary Bevin to the Heads of Government on the discussions in the Tenth Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
500 | |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Proposal that the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and (if possible) France, issue a declaration assuming jurisdiction over German external assets; transmittal of alternative drafts of such a declaration. |
1000 | 961 |
| 1945 July 30 | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Statement of the British position with respect to a plan for the exaction of reparations from Germany. |
960 | 920 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Proposal with respect to the sources of supply of food and coal for the zones of occupation in Germany, including the area of Greater Berlin. |
1051 | 1033 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposal for the disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine. |
1013 | 976 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the British Delegation Review of the discussions at the Berlin Conference concerning the disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine; suggestions as to the decisions of the Conference on this subject. |
1014 | 977 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposed addition to that part of the draft agreement on political principles for the treatment of Germany dealing with central administrative machinery. |
886 | 824 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Revision of an addition proposed by the Soviet Delegation to that part of the draft agreement on political principles for the treatment of Germany dealing with central administrative machinery. |
887 | 825 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Suggestion that the Berlin Conference issue a statement concerning the peaceful solution of existing differences in southern Europe and the democratic development of the area along the lines of such documents as the Varkiza and the Tito–Šubašić agreements. |
1083 | 1074 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the Soviet
Delegation Suggestion that the Heads of Government at the Berlin Conference accept the proposals put forward by Prime Minister Tito and Foreign Minister Šubašić of Yugoslavia concerning civil administration in the Trieste–Istria district. |
1211 | 1221 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Revised draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government concerning the trial of the principal German war criminals. |
1017 | 985 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Transmittal of a suggested text for inclusion in the Protocol and Communiqué of the Berlin Conference concerning war criminals. |
1018 | 986 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Proposed addition to the agreement by the Heads of Government concerning the exaction of reparations from Germany. |
962 | 922 |
| 1945 July 30 | *Memorandum by the Soviet
Delegation Complaint concerning the failure of the British authorities to repatriate citizens of the Baltic republics, the western Ukraine, and western Byelorussia. |
1167 | 1165 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Proposal that reparations should not be exacted from Austria and that future removals from Austria should be settled by the Control Council. |
770 | 666 |
| Undated | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Proposal that the British Government urge the Regent of Greece to reconstitute the Greek Government in the spirit of the Varkiza agreement. |
1423 | 1592 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Proposal for the inclusion of language concerning the “first charge” principle regarding payment for imports into Germany in the agreement on economic principles for the treatment of Germany. |
888 | 825 |
| July 30 | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Proposal concerning the liability of Italy to pay reparations. |
1105 | 1096 |
| July 30 | *United States Delegation
Memorandum Summary of the status of problems before the Berlin Conference as of July 30, 1945. |
503 | |
| July 30 (tel. Victory 444 of July 31) | *Lane–Modzelewski Conversation: The Appointed Ambassador
to Poland to the Acting Secretary of State Report, dated July 31, 1945, concerning a discussion between Ambassador Lane and Polish officials at the Berlin Conference on the following subjects: admission of press correspondents to Poland; establishment of United States Consulates in Poland; the diplomatic rate of exchange; policing in Warsaw; Polish-American economic problems; the possible appointment of Mr. Oskar Lange as Polish Ambassador to the United States; and the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Poland. |
506 | |
| July 30 (tel. 399) | The Representative in Bulgaria to the Acting
Secretary of State Analysis of the views of Prime Minister Georgiev of Bulgaria; report on the political situation in Bulgaria; recommendation for a public statement of United States views on the elections in Bulgaria, recognition of the Bulgarian Government, and the negotiation of a treaty of peace with Bulgaria. |
827 | 728 |
| July 30 | *The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs to the Secretary of State Transmittal of a memorandum from Mr. Clayton and Ambassador Pauley to the Deputy Military Governor of the United States zone of occupation in Germany concerning the restitution of objects of art. |
964 | 923 |
| July 30 | The Director of Near Eastern and African Affairs to
the Acting Secretary of State Transmittal of a memorandum by Mr. William Yale, of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs, concerning the probable attitude of the new British Government with respect to Palestine. |
1345 | 1403 |
| 1945 July 30 (tel. 1480) | The Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Speculation as to the Soviet relationship to the proclamation to Japan issued from the Berlin Conference by the Heads of Government of the United States, China, and the United Kingdom. |
1260 | 1296 |
| July 30 (tel. Victory 439) | *The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in
China Instructions to proceed at once in accordance with prior instructions concerning delivery of an invitation to China to become a member of the Council of Foreign Ministers. |
717 | 617 |
| July 30 (tel. Victory 440) | *The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the
United Kingdom Notification of approval of the proposed public statements concerning the European Advisory Commission agreements relating to Austria. |
789 | 682 |
| July 30 | *Meeting of the Communiqué Subcommittee: Editor’s
Note Quotation from Mr. Walter J. Brown’s diary regarding this meeting. |
507 | |
| July 30 [?] | *Byrnes–Attlee
Meeting: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from published sources on this meeting. |
507 | |
| July 30 | *Mosely–Ward
and Mosely–Gusev Conversations: Memorandum by
the Political Adviser to the Representative on the European Advisory
Commission Note concerning notification given to the British and Soviet Delegations at the Berlin Conference of United States approval of the proposed public statements concerning the European Advisory Commission agreements relating to Austria. |
508 | |
| July 30 | [*The British Foreign Secretary to the Soviet
Foreign Commissar] [Report on the detention and disarming of German forces in Norway; printed as enclosure 1 to a note of July 31, 1945, from Foreign Secretary Bevin to the Secretary of State (document No. 1058, page 1038), q. v.] |
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| Undated | [*The Soviet Ambassador to the Assistant Secretary
of State for European, Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African
Affairs] [Note transmitting the text of entries for the Protocol of the Berlin Conference on questions raised by the Soviet Delegation; quoted in footnote 8 to a memorandum on the First Meeting of the Protocol Subcommittee, July 26, 1945 (page 419), q. v.] |
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| Undated | *Text Submitted by the Soviet
Delegation Draft text for inclusion in the Protocol of the Berlin Conference concerning consideration at the Conference of trusteeship questions. |
1426 | 1594 |
| 1945 Undated | *Text Submitted by the British
Delegation Draft text for inclusion in the Protocol of the Berlin Conference concerning consideration at the Conference of questions relating to Austria. |
1427 | 1595 |
| Undated | *Text Submitted by the Soviet
Delegation Draft text for inclusion in the Protocol of the Berlin Conference concerning consideration at the Conference of the extension of the authority of the Provisional Government of Austria. |
1428 | 1596 |
| Undated | *Text Submitted by the British
Delegation Draft text for inclusion in the Protocol of the Berlin Conference concerning consideration at the Conference of the question of the western frontier of the Soviet Union and the ultimate transfer of the Konigsberg area to the Soviet Union. |
1429 | 1597 |
| Undated | *Text Submitted by the Soviet
Delegation Draft text for inclusion in the Protocol of the Berlin Conference concerning consideration at the Conference of the question of the western frontier of the Soviet Union and the transfer of the Konigsberg area to the Soviet Union. |
1430 | 1598 |
| Undated | *Text Submitted by the Soviet
Delegation Draft text for inclusion in the Protocol of the Berlin Conference concerning consideration at the Conference of the question of the western frontier of the Soviet Union and the transfer of the Konigsberg area to the Soviet Union. |
1431 | 1599 |
| Undated | *Text Submitted by the Soviet
Delegation Draft text for inclusion in the Protocol of the Berlin Conference concerning consideration at the Conference of a Soviet aide-mémoire relating to a prisoner-of-war camp in the Cesenatico district in Italy. |
1432 | 1600 |
| Undated | *Text Submitted by the Soviet
Delegation Draft text for inclusion in the Protocol of the Berlin Conference concerning consideration at the Conference of the necessity of revising the Montreux Convention on the Turkish Straits. |
1433 | 1600 |
| July 30 | The Third Secretary of the British Embassy to the
Assistant Adviser on German Economic Affairs Transmittal of an aide-mémoire notifying the Department of State of British approval of a proposed directive to the zone commanders in Germany on German coal production and exports. |
1050 | 1032 |
| July 30 (tel. 1484) | The Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Report of a conversation with Acting Foreign Commissar Lozovsky in which Ambassador Sato attempted to expedite a Soviet reply to the Japanese proposal to send Prince Konoye on a special mission to the Soviet Union. |
1261 | 1297 |
| July 30 (tel. 3125) | The Ambassador in Italy to the Acting Secretary of
State Report on the formation of provincial governments in Styria and Carinthia. |
764 | 662 |
| 1945 July 30 (tel. War 41011) | The Secretary of War
to the President Request for authorization to release a Presidential statement concerning the projected atomic attack on Japan. |
1313 | 1374 |
| July 31 (tel. Cfb 2223) | The Ambassador in China to the Secretary of
State Notification that Ambassador Hurley is proceeding to execute his instructions with reference to inviting China to become a member of the Council of Foreign Ministers. |
718 | 617 |
| July 31 | *President Truman to Generalissimo
Stalin Transmittal of the draft of a letter from the President to Generalissimo Stalin, to be signed and dispatched if the latter requested it after conclusion of the pending Sino-Soviet negotiations, giving the views of the United States as to Soviet cooperation with the powers at war with Japan in the light of the Moscow Declaration of 1943 and the Charter of the United Nations. |
1282 | 1333 |
| July 31 | *The British Foreign Secretary to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a copy of a letter from Mr. Bevin to Foreign Commissar Molotov surveying the situation with respect to German forces in Norway. |
1058 | 1038 |
| July 31 | *Truman–Rowan
Conversation: Editor’s Note Note on the absence of documentation on this conversation. |
509 | |
| July 31 | *Prime Minister Attlee to President Truman Request for the President’s agreement to suggested action with respect to the supplying of lend-lease to the United Kingdom; transmittal of a memorandum on British lend-lease requirements. |
1186 | 1186 |
| Undated | *Prime Minister Attlee to President Truman Statement of factors to be considered before the Washington Munitions Assignments Board is abolished; suggestion that United States and British officials in Washington work out concrete proposals with respect to assignments machinery for submission to the President and the Prime Minister. |
1200 | 1205 |
| July 31 | *Prime Minister Attlee to President Truman Acknowledgment of the receipt of President Truman’s memorandum of July 24, 1945, concerning Palestine; assurance that the British will give early careful consideration to the memorandum. |
1346 | 1406 |
| July 31 | *The Chief of the Division of Central European
Affairs to the Secretary of State Transmittal of copies of United States and British proposals on navigation on international inland waterways and of a summary of a meeting of the Subcommittee on Inland Waterways; suggestions as to the future course of negotiations on this subject. |
760 | 658 |
| July 31 | *United States Delegation Working
Paper Suggestion for implementing a British proposal concerning the “first charge” principle with regard to imports into Germany. |
889 | 826 |
| July 31 | United States Delegation
Memorandum Statement of the United States position with respect to the exaction of reparations from Italy. |
1106 | 1096 |
| 1945 July 31 | *The Ambassador to the Soviet Union to the Secretary
of State Recommendations for action by the United States with respect to Sino-Soviet relations. |
1222 | 1246 |
| July 31 | *Meeting of the Technical Subcommittee on
Disposition of German Navy and Merchant Marine: Editor’s
Note Note on the absence of minutes covering this meeting; cross reference to the text of the Subcommittee’s report. |
509 | |
| July 31 | *Byrnes–Molotov Conversation: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from published sources on this conversation. (Footnote: Note on the relationship of this conversation to the Byrnes–Molotov meeting of July 30, 1945, and on the presumption that a further meeting actually did take place on July 31, 1945.) |
510 | |
| July 31 (tel. Victory 444) | [*The Appointed Ambassador to Poland to the Acting
Secretary of State] [Report concerning a discussion of July 30, 1945, between Ambassador Lane and Polish officials at the Berlin Conference concerning admission of press correspondents to Poland, establishment of United States Consulates in Poland, the diplomatic rate of exchange, policing in Warsaw, Polish-American economic problems, the possible appointment of Mr. Oskar Lange as Polish Ambassador to the United States, and the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Poland; printed under the editor’s heading for the Lane–Modzelewski conversation of July 30, 1945 (page 506), q. v.] |
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| July 31 (tel. 401) | The Representative in Bulgaria to the Acting
Secretary of State Report on the political situation in Bulgaria; comment that every friend of democracy in Bulgaria is looking to the Berlin Conference for some sign of hope. |
830 | 733 |
| July 31 | *The Assistant Secretary of War to the Secretary of State Recommendations concerning the negotiations at the Berlin Conference on reparations from Germany. |
965 | 925 |
| Undated | *United States Delegation Memorandum Agenda for the Eleventh Plenary Meeting. | 511 | |
| July 31 | *Eleventh Plenary Meeting: Department of State
Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: reparations from Germany; the western frontier of Poland; admission of states to the United Nations; German external assets; elections, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion in Poland; air communications with Warsaw and Moscow; economic principles for the treatment of Germany; internationalization of the Ruhr; political principles for the treatment of Germany; transfer of German minorities; disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine; revision of Allied Control Commission procedures in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania; Greek-Yugoslav relations; Yugoslavia; war criminals; international inland waterways; the Turkish Straits; notification to the Polish Provisional Government of decisions of the Conference with respect to the Polish frontiers; preparation of the Conference Communiqué and schedule of meetings at the Conference. |
511 | |
| 1945 July 31 | *Eleventh Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
528 | |
| July 31 | *United States Delegation
Memorandum Summary of the discussions at the Eleventh Plenary Meeting. |
539 | |
| July 31 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Redraft of language for inclusion in the agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to the reparations claims of the Soviet Union and Poland against Germany. |
966 | 926 |
| Undated | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to the exaction of reparations from Germany. |
1425 | 1593 |
| July 31 | *Proposal by the United States
Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to revision of the procedures of the Allied Control Commissions for Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary. |
828 | 732 |
| July 31 | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Draft of an agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to revision of the procedures of the Allied Control Commissions for Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary. |
829 | 733 |
| July 31 | *Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State for
European, Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African
Affairs Suggestion that the Polish Delegation to the Berlin Conference be notified of the decisions of the Conference with respect to the Polish boundary. |
1153 | 1151 |
| July 31 (tel. 7709) (Copre 4) | The Alternate Delegate to the Preparatory Commission
of the United Nations to the Director and the Deputy Director of the
Office of Special Political Affairs Report that Soviet agreement is awaited to a proposal made at Potsdam for a rotating chairmanship for the Executive Committee of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations. |
741 | 640 |
| July 31 (tel. 403) | The Representative in Bulgaria to the Acting
Secretary of State Report of the acceptance of the resignation of Mr. Nikola Petkov; request for information as to what the United States Government is really prepared to do about the political and election situation in Bulgaria. |
831 | 734 |
| July 31 (533) | The Ambassador in France to the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs Transmittal of an invitation to the Government of France to participate in the Council of Foreign Ministers. |
1395 | 1543 |
| 1945 July 31 (669) | The Ambassador in France to the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs Transmittal of the text of the agreement reached at the Berlin Conference with respect to political principles to govern the treatment of Germany in the initial control period; expression of the hope that the Government of France will be able to associate itself with these principles. |
1396 | 1544 |
| Undated | *Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Redraft of an agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to the exaction of reparations from Germany. |
963 | 922 |
| July 31 | *The General Counsel of the Delegation to the Allied
Commission on Reparations to the Representative on the Allied
Commission on Reparations Recommendations for further action concerning the negotiations on reparations from Germany. |
968 | 928 |
| July 31 | *Memorandum by the General Counsel of the Delegation
to the Allied Commission on Reparations Suggestion as to procedure for incorporating the proposed agreement on reparations into the Protocol of the Berlin Conference. |
969 | 929 |
| July 31 (tel.) | The Ambassador in China to the Secretary of
State Report that Ambassador Hurley has presented the matter of Chinese participation in the Council of Foreign Ministers to Generalissimo Chiang and Prime Minister Soong informally, that the Generalissimo will give a favorable reply when the question is presented formally by the American, British, and Soviet Ambassadors, and that the formal presentation of the matter will take place on August 1, 1945. |
719 | 618 |
| July 31 | *Harriman Conversation With Members of the Polish Delegation: Editor’s Note Cross reference to a diary entry by the Polish Deputy Prime Minister relating to this conversation. | 541 | |
| July 31 | *Harriman
Conversation With Members of the Polish Delegation: Diary Entry by
the Polish Deputy Prime Minister Note on Ambassador Harriman’s call to invite the Polish Delegation to see President Truman on August 1, 1945. |
1393 | 1540 |
| July 31 | *Meeting of the Communiqué Subcommittee: Editor’s
Note Quotations from Mr. Walter J. Brown’s diary regarding this meeting. |
542 | |
| July 31 | *United States Delegation
Memorandum Summary of questions pending before the Berlin Conference as of July 31, 1945. |
540 | |
| July 31 (tel. 4640) | The Ambassador in France to the Acting Secretary of
State Confirmation of French acceptance of the proposal for quadripartite supervision of elections in Greece. |
1070 | 1048 |
| 1945 July 31 | *The Soviet Delegation to the United States
Delegation Request that Soviet repatriation representatives be permitted to enter American and British camps for German prisoners of war in order to establish the identity of Soviet citizens held in those camps. |
1168 | 1165 |
| July 31 (tel. Victory 454) | *The Secretary of State to the Appointed Ambassador
to Poland Transmittal of the text of the agreement reached at the Berlin Conference regarding the transfer of German populations to Germany; instructions to communicate this text to the Polish Provisional Government. (Parallel messages were sent on the same date to the Representative in Hungary as telegram No. Victory 455 and to the Chargé in Czechoslovakia as telegram No. Victory 456.) |
1054 | 1035 |
| July 31 | *Proposal by the British Delegation Redraft of an agreement by the Heads of Government with respect to the exaction of reparations from Germany. |
967 | 927 |
| July 31 (tel. 1710) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in the
Soviet Union Instructions to approach the Soviet Government concerning the conduct of an investigation into Yugoslav charges concerning Macedonia. (Parallel instructions were sent on the same date to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom as telegram No. 6375.) |
1084 | 1075 |
| July 31 (tel. 164) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Notification of instructions sent to the American Legation at Stockholm to express to the Swedish Government the view that Sweden should not permit the disposition of German property as war booty. |
1001 | 963 |
| July 31 (tel. 167) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Report that the Department of State is instructing the American Embassies at Moscow and London to approach the Soviet and British Governments concerning the conduct of an investigation into Yugoslav charges concerning Macedonia. |
1085 | 1076 |
| July 31 (tel. 168) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Report of Mr. Cordell Hull’s views on United States policy toward Spain. |
1178 | 1173 |
| Aug. 1 (tel.) | The Ambassador in China to the Secretary of
State Notification of Chinese concurrence in the proposals for the establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers and of Chinese acceptance of membership in the Council. |
720 | 619 |
| Aug. 1 | *Truman–Bierut
Conversation: Editor’s Note Summary of information available from United States sources on this conversation; cross reference to a memorandum of the conversation prepared by the Polish Deputy Prime Minister. |
543 | |
| 1945 Aug. 1 | *Truman–Bierut
Conversation: Memorandum by the Polish Deputy Prime
Minister Notes on President Truman’s communication to the Polish Delegation of the decisions of the Berlin Conference with respect to the western frontier of Poland; notes on a brief conversation with Ambassador Harriman on this subject. |
1394 | 1540 |
| Aug. 1 | *The Director of the Office of Financial and
Development Policy to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs Suggestion for substituting a revised page in a directive from the President to the Secretary of War with respect to financing imports into Germany. |
890 | 826 |
| Undated | *The Secretary of State to the Soviet Foreign
Commissar Notification of proposed action by the United States Government looking toward the control of Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Rumanian assets in neutral countries. |
846 | 747 |
| Aug. 1 | *Report by the Technical Subcommittee on Disposition
of the German Navy and Merchant Marine Transmittal of drafts of agreements by the Heads of Government (with certain passages still unagreed) with respect to disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine, and of a draft of an announcement on this subject to be made by the Conference. |
1015 | 980 |
| Aug. 1 | *Prime Minister Attlee to President Truman Acknowledgment of a letter from President Truman concerning the new weapon to be used on Japan; expression of appreciation for the President’s kind words about and personal consideration for Mr. Attlee. |
1314 | 1375 |
| Aug. 1 | Eleventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Department of State Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: reparations from Germany; economic principles for the treatment of Germany; disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine; war criminals; use of Allied property in the settlement of satellite reparations; German external assets; oil supplies from eastern Europe; removal of oil equipment from Rumania; preparation of the Conference Protocol; anti-Soviet activities in Austria and Germany; repatriation of alleged Soviet nationals; treatment of Soviet prisoners of war; trusteeship; the Turkish Straits; Konigsberg; a statement on Austria; revised procedures for the Allied Control Commissions for Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania; freedom of the press and radio in eastern Europe; and acceptance by China of the invitation to be a member of the Council of Foreign Ministers. |
543 | |
| 1945 Aug. 1 | *Eleventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers:
Rapporteur’s Report Report by Secretary of State Byrnes to the Heads of Government on the discussions in the Eleventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers. |
562 | |
| Aug. 1 | *Harriman–Mikolajczyk Conversation: Editor’s
Note Note on the absence of documentation on this conversation. |
565 | |
| Aug. 1 | *The President’s Special Counsel to the Secretary of
State Memorandum of a telephone conversation with the United States Representative to the International Conference on Military Trials on questions relating to war criminals. |
1019 | 987 |
| Aug. 1 | *The United States Representatives on the Economic
Subcommittee to the Secretary of State Transmittal of, and comments on, the third report by the Economic Subcommittee to the Foreign Ministers, dealing with economic principles for the treatment of Germany, German external assets, and oil supplies from eastern Europe. |
891, 1002, 1325 | 827, 963, 1387 |
| Aug. 1 (tel.) | The Ambassador in China to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of the official reply of the Chinese Government to the invitation to China to become a member of the Council of Foreign Ministers. |
721 | 619 |
| Undated | *Draft of Report by the Drafting Committee on
Reparations From Germany Summary of disagreements within the Drafting Committee with respect to the proposed agreement by the Heads of Government on the exaction of reparations from Germany. |
970 | 929 |
| Undated | *Text Considered by the Drafting Committee on
Reparations From Germany Redraft of an agreement by the Heads of Government on the exaction of reparations from Germany, with an indication of points in the draft reserved by the Soviet and British Delegations. |
971 | 930 |
| Aug. 1 | United States Delegation Working
Paper Suggested agenda for the Twelfth Plenary Meeting. |
565 | |
| 1945 Aug. 1 | *Twelfth Plenary Meeting: Thompson Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: reparations from Germany; German external assets; an invitation to France to become a member of the Allied Commission on Reparations; the coal and food supply for Berlin; reparations from Austria; economic principles for the treatment of Germany; war criminals; use of Allied property for satellite reparations or war booty; oil supplies from eastern Europe; removal of oil equipment from Rumania; anti-Soviet activities in Austria and Germany; repatriation of alleged Soviet nationals; preparation of the Conference Protocol; revised procedures for the Allied Control Commissions for Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania; notification to the Polish Delegation of the decisions of the Conference with respect to Poland; air communications with Warsaw; freedom of the press and radio in eastern Europe; disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine; a message to former Prime Minister Churchill and former Foreign Secretary Eden; inland waterways; and relationship of the Conference Protocol to the Conference Communiqué. |
566 | |
| Aug. 1 | *Twelfth Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
578 | |
| Aug. 1 | Report by the Drafting Committee on Reparations From
Germany Report that the Drafting Committee has reached no agreement on a protocol of German reparations; transmittal of a redraft of an agreement by the Heads of Government on the exaction of reparations from Germany, with an indication of points in the draft reserved or not accepted by the Soviet, British, and United States representatives on the Committee. |
972 | 931 |
| Aug. 1 | *Proposal by the British
Delegation Suggestion that an instruction be issued to the Allied Control Council for Germany to draw up a program for the food, coal, and fuel which must be imported into the Greater Berlin area in the next six months, such amounts to be supplied by the Soviet Government as an advance delivery under the agreement on reparations. |
1052 | 1034 |
| Aug. 1 (tel. 781) | The Ambassador in Greece to the Acting Secretary of
State Comments with respect to the Yugoslav charges concerning Macedonia. |
1086 | 1076 |
| Aug. 1 (671) | The Ambassador in France to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Transmittal of the text of the agreement reached at the Berlin Conference with respect to the transfer of German populations to Germany, and of an invitation to France to associate itself with that agreement. | 1397 | 1545 |
| 1945 Aug. 1 (675) | The Ambassador in France to the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs Transmittal of the text of the agreement reached at the Berlin Conference with respect to the western frontier of Poland. |
1398 | 1546 |
| Aug. 1 (677) | The Ambassador in France to the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs Transmittal of an invitation to France to become a member of the Allied Commission on Reparations. |
1399 | 1546 |
| Aug. 1 (678) | The Ambassador in France to the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs Transmittal of the text of the statement agreed to at the Berlin Conference with respect to war criminals and of an invitation to France to associate itself with that statement. |
1400 | 1547 |
| Aug. 1 (tel.) | *The President to the Ambassador in
China Transmittal of a message to Generalissimo Chiang notifying the latter of the agreement reached by the President and the British Prime Minister, on the advice of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, with respect to boundaries of command in Indochina and requesting the Generalissimo’s concurrence in the proposed arrangements. |
1273 | 1321 |
| Aug. 1 | *The Secretary of State to the Soviet Foreign
Commissar Notification of instructions issued to the United States commander in Germany with respect to restitution of objects of art. (An identical note was sent on the same date to the British Foreign Secretary.) |
973 | 933 |
| Aug. 1 | *Draft Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of
State for Economic Affairs Request that the Deputy Military Governor of the United States zone of occupation in Germany urge the Allied Control Council for Germany to adopt an attached text with respect to principles of restitution. |
974 | 934 |
| Aug. 1 | *The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations and the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs to the Deputy Military Governor, United States Zone in
Germany Request that the Deputy Military Governor of the United States zone of occupation in Germany urge the Allied Control Council for Germany to adopt an attached text with respect to Allied and neutral property in Germany. |
975 | 935 |
| Aug. 1 (tel. 7752) | The Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the Acting
Secretary of State Further report on steps taken by the British Government to liquidate the affairs of the Polish Government-in-Exile. |
1141 | 1133 |
| Aug. 1 | *Meeting of the Communiqué Subcommittee: Editor’s
Note Quotation from Mr. Walter J. Brown’s diary regarding this meeting. |
585 | |
| 1945 Aug. 1 (tel. 2732) | The Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Acting
Secretary of State Recommendations with respect to routing couriers to Moscow. |
1174 | 1169 |
| Aug. 1 (tel. 1270) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in
Portugal Report on a conversation of July 24, 1945, with the Portuguese Ambassador concerning Portuguese participation in the liberation of Timor; summary of the current status of this question. |
1302 | 1359 |
| Aug. 1 | *The President to the Deputy Military Governor,
United States Zone in Germany Directive to urge the Allied Control Council for Germany to issue an attached draft decree vesting German external assets. |
1003 | 964 |
| Aug. 1 (tel. 172) | The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of
State Summary of reports from the Representative in Bulgaria; request for instructions for the guidance of the Representative in Bulgaria before the forthcoming Bulgarian elections. |
832 | 734 |
| Aug. 1 | *The Special Assistant to the Secretary of State to
the President and the Secretary of State Transmittal of a revised draft of a Communiqué to be issued by the Heads of Government; analysis of and comments upon unresolved disagreements in the Communiqué Subcommittee. (Editor’s Note: Approval of the Communiqué by the Heads of Government.) (Footnote: Extract from Mr. Walter J. Brown’s diary for August 1, 1945, with respect to the report by the Communiqué Subcommittee.) |
1380 | 1442 |
| Aug. 1 | *The Secretary of State to the Soviet Foreign
Commissar Proposal that the Allied Commission on Reparations convene in Berlin at once. |
976 | 936 |
| Aug. 1 | *Thirteenth Plenary Meeting: Department of State
Minutes Minutes of discussions on the following subjects: reparations from Germany; use of Allied property for satellite reparations and war booty; the western frontier of Poland; admission of states to the United Nations; approval of the Conference Protocol; revision of the draft of the Conference Communiqué; release of the Communiqué; comparison of English and Russian texts of the Protocol; signature of the Protocol and Communiqué; closing remarks; and adjournment of the Conference. (Footnotes: Extracts from Mr. Walter J. Brown’s diary for August 1, 1945, with respect to discussion of the Communiqué and signature of the final documents.) |
586 | |
| Aug. 1 | *Thirteenth Plenary Meeting: Cohen Notes Notes on the discussions described supra. |
597 | |
| 1945 Aug. 1 m | *Protocol of the Proceedings of the Berlin
Conference Record of the conclusions of the Heads of Government at the Berlin Conference on the following subjects: establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers; political and economic principles to govern the treatment of Germany in the initial control period; reparations from Germany; disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine; the city of Konigsberg and the adjacent area; war criminals; Austria; Poland; conclusion of peace treaties and admission to the United Nations; territorial trusteeship; revised Allied Control Commission procedure in Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary; the orderly transfer of German populations; oil equipment in Rumania; Iran; the International Zone of Tangier; the Black Sea Straits; international inland waterways; the European Inland Transport Conference; directives to military commanders on the Allied Control Council for Germany; and use of Allied property for satellite reparations or war trophies. (Editor’s Note and Footnotes: Explanation of the evolution of the text of the Conference Protocol; text of the additional section on military talks at the Conference and of the additional annex on the use of Allied property for satellite reparations or war trophies.) |
1383 | 1478 |
| Aug. 2 | *Communiqué Public report on the conclusions of the Heads of Government at the Berlin Conference on the following subjects: creation of a just and enduring peace; establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers; political and economic principles to govern the treatment of Germany in the initial control period; reparations from Germany; disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine; the city of Konigsberg and the adjacent area; war criminals; Austria; Poland; conclusion of peace treaties and admission to the United Nations; territorial trusteeships; revised Allied Control Commission procedure in Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary; orderly transfers of German populations; and military talks during the Conference. |
1384 | 1499 |
| Aug. 2 | *The Soviet Foreign Commissar to the Secretary of
State Agreement that the Allied Commission on Reparations should meet at Berlin, provided that its permanent seat continues to be at Moscow. |
977 | 937 |
| Aug. 2 (tel. Victory 479) | *The Director of the Office of Financial and
Development Policy and the Chief of the Division of Economic
Security Controls to the Acting Chief of the Division of Economic
Security Controls Notification that a memorandum has been delivered to Foreign Commissar Molotov concerning the control of Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Rumanian assets in neutral countries. |
847 | 749 |
| Aug. 2 (tel. Victory 480) | *The Chief of the Division of Economic Security
Controls to the Acting Chief of the Division of Economic Security
Controls Notification that the President has directed the Deputy Military Governor of the United States zone of occupation in Germany to urge the Allied Control Council for Germany to adopt a decree vesting German external assets. |
1004 | 968 |
| 1945 Aug. 3 (W 10212/22/13) | The British Acting Assistant Under-Secretary of State to the Minister in the United Kingdom Transmittal of a communication containing a brief summary of discussions at the Berlin Conference with respect to the European Inland Transport Conference. | 1163 | 1162 |
| Aug. 4 | The Representative on the Allied Commission on
Reparations to the Deputy Military Governor, United States Zone in
Germany Summary of discussions at the Berlin Conference concerning eastern European oil supplies. |
1326 | 1388 |
| Aug. 6 | White House Press Release Statement by the President announcing the first atomic attack against Japan, summarizing the wartime program of atomic research, and announcing the President’s intention to recommend to the Congress the establishment of a commission to control the production and use of atomic power in the United States. |
1315 | 1376 |
| Aug. 6 (526) | The French Chargé to the Acting Secretary of
State Notification that the French Provisional Government has taken note of the acceptance in principle by the Allied Command of the French offers of military participation in the war against Japan; expression of the hope that the necessary agreement to render French participation effective can be concluded as soon as possible. |
1401 | 1548 |
| Aug. 6 (tel. 4722) | The Ambassador in France to the Acting Secretary of
State Report that the French Provisional Government is upset over the statements in the Communiqué of the Berlin Conference regarding reparations from Germany and is also concerned about the references in the Communiqué to the possibility of setting up a central government for Germany. |
1402 | 1548 |
| Aug. 6 (tel. 4728) | The Ambassador in France to the Acting Secretary of
State Transmittal of a translation of a note from the French Foreign Minister by which the French Provisional Government associated itself with the agreement of the Heads of Government at the Berlin Conference with respect to war criminals. |
1403 | 1549 |
| Aug. 7 | Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the Central
Secretariat Summary of the questions discussed at the Berlin Conference and of the disposition made of those questions. |
602 | |
| Aug. 7 (tel. 4743) | The Ambassador in France to the Acting Secretary of
State Report on the generally favorable French reaction to the results of the Berlin Conference. |
1404 | 1549 |
| 1945 Aug. 7 (tel. 4769) | The Ambassador in France to the Acting Secretary of
State Notification that the French Foreign Minister has handed to the American, Soviet, and British Ambassadors six identical notes containing the views of the French Government on the decisions made at the Berlin Conference, the texts of which will be transmitted to Washington by telegram. |
1405 | 1550 |
| Aug. 7 (tel. 4770) | The Ambassador in France to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a translation of a note from the French Foreign Minister commenting upon the agreement reached at the Berlin Conference with respect to transfers of German populations. |
1406 | 1551 |
| Aug. 7 (tel. 4771) | The Ambassador in France to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a translation of a note from the French Foreign Minister commenting upon the agreement reached at the Berlin Conference with respect to the western frontier of Poland. |
1407 | 1551 |
| Aug. 7 (tel. 4772) | The Ambassador in France to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a translation of a note from the French Foreign Minister inquiring whether the information so far supplied to the French Government concerning the Berlin Conference covers the whole of the results of the Conference. |
1408 | 1552 |
| Aug. 7 (tel. 4773) | The Ambassador in France to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a translation of a note from the French Foreign Minister accepting the invitation to France to participate in the work of the Allied Commission on Reparations, designating the French representatives on that Commission, and reserving the right to make known at a later date the French position on the agreements reached at the Berlin Conference with respect to economic principles to govern the treatment of Germany and with respect to settlement of the reparations problem. |
1409 | 1552 |
| Aug. 7 (tel. 4774) | The Ambassador in France to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a translation of a note from the French Foreign Minister accepting the invitation to France to participate in the Council of Foreign Ministers but setting forth certain reservations with respect to the text on this subject agreed to at the Berlin Conference. |
1410 | 1553 |
| Aug. 7 (tel. 4775) | The Ambassador in France to the Secretary of
State Transmittal of a translation of a note from the French Foreign Minister commenting upon the agreement reached at the Berlin Conference with respect to political principles to govern the treatment of Germany in the initial control period and suggesting an exchange of views among the powers which share the responsibility of the occupation and control of Germany. |
1411 | 1554 |
| Undated | Log of the President’s Trip to the Berlin
Conference Record of the President’s movements and appointments during his trip to the Berlin Conference, July 6–August 7, 1945. |
710 | 4 |
| 1945 Aug. 8 | Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the Central
Secretariat Summary of Soviet and British policy at the Berlin Conference with respect to Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Finland. |
833 | 736 |
| Aug. 8 | Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the Central
Secretariat Summary of Soviet and British policy at the Berlin Conference with respect to Yugoslavia. |
1087, 1205 | 1077, 1212 |
| Aug. 8 | Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the Central
Secretariat Summary of Soviet and British policy at the Berlin Conference with respect to Poland. |
1142, 1154 | 1135, 1152 |
| Aug. 8 | Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the Central
Secretariat Summary of Soviet and British policy at the Berlin Conference with respect to Spain. |
1179 | 1175 |
| Aug. 8 | [The Soviet Foreign Commissar to the Japanese
Ambassador in the Soviet Union] [Notification of declaration of war by the Soviet Union on Japan; translation quoted in footnote 1 to the proclamation of July 26, 1945, calling for the surrender of Japan (document No. 1382, page 1474), q. v.] |
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| Aug. 8 (tel. 6684) (Preco 23) | The Secretary of State to the Alternate Delegate to
the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations Request for information concerning the discussions which took place at the Berlin Conference with respect to the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations. |
742 | 641 |
| Aug. 9 | Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the Central
Secretariat Summary of Soviet and British policy at the Berlin Conference with respect to trusteeship. |
737 | 636 |
| Aug. 9 | Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the Central
Secretariat Summary of Soviet and British policy at the Berlin Conference with respect to Italy. |
738, 1093, 1107 | 637, 1086, 1097 |
| Aug. 9 | Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the Central
Secretariat Summary of Soviet and British policy at the Berlin Conference with respect to Turkey and the Black Sea Straits. |
1378 | 1439 |
| Aug. 9 (tel. 8019) | The Alternate Delegate to the Preparatory Commission
of the United Nations to the Director of the Office of Special
Political Affairs Report that the principle of rotation with respect to officers of the Executive Committee of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations was discussed on the margin of the Berlin Conference but that the Soviet representatives had not given a definitive reaction on this subject. |
743 | 641 |
| 1945 Aug. 10 (tel. 2841) | [The Ambassador in the Soviet Union to the Secretary
of State] [Transmittal of a translation of the Soviet declaration of war on Japan handed to the Japanese Ambassador at Moscow on August 8, 1945; quoted in footnote 1 to the proclamation of July 26, 1945, calling for the surrender of Japan (document No. 1382, page 1474), q. v.] |
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| Aug. 11 (558) | The French Ambassador to the Secretary of
State Notification that the French Provisional Government has given its full consent to the proclamation of July 26, 1945, calling for the surrender of Japan; request that France be made a party to discussions regarding Japan’s offer to surrender and be permitted to participate in the signing of the act of surrender. |
1412 | 1555 |
| Aug. 14 (tel. 8243) | The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs to the Secretary of State Summary of discussions at the Berlin Conference with respect to the disposition of captured gold. |
978 | 937 |
| Aug. 15 (tel. 3860) | The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in
France Authorization to inform the French Foreign Minister of seven decisions taken at the Berlin Conference which were not touched upon in the Conference Communiqué. |
1413 | 1556 |
| Aug. 16 (tel. 8296) | The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs and the Director of the Office of Financial and Development
Policy to the Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic Affairs Clarification of decisions taken at the Berlin Conference with respect to German economic questions. |
892, 979 | 829, 938 |
| Aug. 18 (tel. 163) | The Secretary of State to the Consul General at
Jerusalem Summary of remarks made by the President at a news conference on August 16, 1945, regarding the extent of discussion at the Berlin Conference of the questions of a Jewish national state and Jewish immigration into Palestine. |
1347 | 1407 |
| Aug. 21 (tel. 7101) | The Secretary of State to the Chief of the Aviation
Division Reference to a statement made by Secretary of State Byrnes to Sir Alexander Cadogan at the Berlin Conference that a discussion of aviation questions was desired. |
1189 | 1191 |
| Aug. 23 | Memorandum of Conversation Memorandum of a discussion between Secretary of State Byrnes and French Foreign Minister Bidault concerning the decisions of the Berlin Conference and the French reaction thereto, with special reference to the decisions relating to Germany. |
1414 | 1557 |
| Sept. 4 | Memorandum by the Assistant Chief of the Division of
Western European Affairs Memorandum of a discussion between the Under Secretary of State and the French Ambassador with respect to the agreement reached at the Berlin Conference as to the disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine. (Attachment: Note No. 678 from the French Ambassador to the Secretary of State, dated September 4, 1945, protesting against the agreement reached at the Berlin Conference as to the disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine.) |
1415 | 1564 |
| 1945 Sept. 20 | The Representative and the Associate Representative
on the Allied Commission on Reparations to the
President Report on international negotiations in the period from February to September 1945 with respect to reparations from Germany. (Only part V of the report, summarizing reparations negotiations at the Berlin Conference, is printed.) |
980 | 940 |
| Dec. 3 | [The Director of the Office of Financial and
Development Policy to the Counselor] [Summary of discussions at the Berlin Conference on August 1, 1945, with respect to the use of Allied property for satellite reparations or war trophies; quoted in footnote 19 to the minutes of the Twelfth Plenary Meeting, August 1, 1945 (page 566), q. v.] |
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| 1960 Mar. 28 | Memorandum by the Special Assistant to the Secretary
of State Summary, based on contemporary notes and memory, of the discussion between President Truman and Generalissimo Stalin at Babelsberg on July 17, 1945, with respect to the following subjects: the agenda for the Berlin Conference; the general election in the United Kingdom; British attitudes toward the war against Japan; Soviet entry into the war against Japan; and the Stalin–Soong conversations which had recently taken place in Moscow. |
1418 | 1582 |
| Mar. 28 | Memorandum by the Special Assistant to the Secretary
of State Summary, based on contemporary notes and memory, of a discussion between President Truman and Generalissimo Stalin at Babelsberg on July 18, 1945, concerning a message from the Emperor of Japan with respect to a mission of Prince Konoye and the reply to be made thereto. |
1419 | 1587 |