Office of the Historian

740.00119 EW/6–2745: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)

Washington, June 27, 1945—9 p.m.

1440. For Harriman from Harry L. Hopkins:

“I talked with President Truman about Eisenhower’s6 visit to Moscow. He was quite enthusiastic about it. Eisenhower is taking a rest and I doubt very much if it could be worked out prior to the Berlin conference7 but it might well be done immediately thereafter. The President told me he would like to ask Zhukov8 to come to the United States at about the same time. I am taking this up with General Marshall.9

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I want to send you my warmest congratulations on the negotiations in Moscow.10 Apart from the Hearst and McCormick papers they have received a warm welcome from the American people.

Louie arrived this morning from France.”

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  1. General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe.↩
  2. For documentation on the Conference, held July 16–August 2, 1945, see Conference of Berlin (Potsdam), 2 vols.↩
  3. Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, Chief, Soviet Military Administration in Germany, and Commander-in-Chief of Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany.↩
  4. General of the Army George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, United States Army.↩
  5. The negotiations referred to were those of the Polish Commission for the formation of a Provisional Polish Government of National Unity; for documentation, see pp. 110 ff.↩