711.60/6–945
The American Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (Molotov)
Dear Mr. Molotov: I have received the following top secret message for Marshal Stalin from the President:14
“I fully agree that the establishment of diplomatic relations with Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland, to which you revert in your telegram of June 9, would be a constructive step. Our exchange of messages on this subject shows that our Governments may not be approaching the matter in quite the same way because the state of our respective relations with these various states is not identical. For example, there would be no obstacle to the immediate resumption of diplomatic relations between the United States and Finland and, as regards Rumania, Hungary and Bulgaria, while our general interests are the same all around we find that the present situation has different aspects in each country.
“I am giving this matter further study. As the most practical way of coming to a uniform agreement I therefore propose that we discuss it at our, forthcoming meeting.”
Will you kindly transmit this message to Marshal Stalin?
Sincerely yours,
- Drafted in the Department of State and forwarded by Acting Secretary of State Grew to President Truman for the latter’s approval under cover of a memorandum of June 18; transmitted to Ambassador Harriman in telegram 1336, June 18, printed in Conference of Berlin (Potsdam), vol. i, p. 182.↩