Office of the Historian

740.0011 P.W./5–1545

The Under Secretary of State (Grew) to the Secretary of State

[Washington,] May 15, 1945.

Mr. Secretary: Following a meeting on May 12 between the Secretary of Navy, Mr. McCloy,32 and Ambassador Harriman to consider political implications of the expected Soviet entry in the Far Eastern war, the attached memorandum33 at the request of the War and Navy Departments was sent by me to Secretaries Stimson and Forrestal. We are awaiting their replies before holding another meeting with Ambassador Harriman prior to his return to Moscow. I will, of course, keep you informed of any further developments on this subject.

I understand that you discussed this general matter with Ambassador Harriman before he left San Francisco.

Joseph C. Grew
  1. John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War.↩
  2. Supra. ↩