Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1945, The Far East, China, Volume VII

740.0011 P.W./8–1145: Telegram

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

Moscow, August 11, 1945—6 p.m.
[Received August 11—5:35 p.m.]

2866. Action of Mongolian People’s Republic in declaring war on Japan emphatically underlines MPR claim to “independence” and “sovereignty” (sent Dept 2866; rptd Chungking 83).

Passages in statement accompanying declaration of war referring to aspirations of Mongolian people and tribes suggest possibility of MPR bringing Inner Mongols and Manchurian Mongols into the “one family” of MPR. If this occurs, MPR and Communist China will have an extensive common frontier.

Harriman