Office of the Historian

740.00119 Council/9–2345: Telegram

The Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union (Stalin) to President Truman 78

[Moscow, 22 September, 1945.]

I received your message.79 I inquired Molotov, but have not yet his answer. I became acquainted with the matter and came to a conclusion that if the question relates to the participation of France and China in the settlement of the Balkan affairs, these governments, according to the exact meaning of the decisions of the Berlin Conference, must not be invited to participate.

  1. The text of this message was transmitted to the Secretary of State in White House message No. 350, September 23, from Admiral Leahy.↩
  2. Reference is to the President’s message No. 346 of September 22, to Stalin, p. 328.↩