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740.00119 EW/6–545: Telegram

The British Prime Minister (Churchill) to President Truman 2

[London,] June 5, 1945.

74. I fully agree that your No. 54 should await a tactical moment for its delivery.3 But do not let us lose that moment for future of the world hangs upon “countries which accord to all democratic elements of people the rights of freedom of expression.” This will come up in its good time quite soon.

  1. Printed from a paraphrase transmitted to the Acting Secretary of State by the British Embassy on June 5.↩
  2. In his telegram 55, June 4, President Truman informed Prime Minister Churchill that he had authorized delay in the delivery of the message to Stalin in order to avoid adverse effects on the prospects for an agreement on Poland (711.60/6–445).↩