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895.6463/11–1445: Telegram

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

Moscow , November 14, 1945—5 p.m.
[Received November 14—4:50 p.m.]

3857. Dept’s 2317, November 9. Reported Soviet dismantling of Yalu power plant.

I followed up on my letter of November 8 to Vyshinski with specific request on November 13 that no equipment be removed from plant.38

To Dept 3857, repeated Chungking 214. Dept please repeat to Tokyo and Seoul.

Harriman
  1. In telegrams 132312Z, November 14, Tfgbi 9, November 15, and Tfgbi 33, November 27, Lieutenant General Hodge informed General MacArthur of the continuation of the dismantling of Yalu River power plant facilities (Records of the Office of the Political Adviser in Japan, Lot 57–F103, 800 Korea).↩