761.93/8–2245: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[221048.] I would appreciate being informed as to the decision regarding communication we requested from Soviets in some revised form that Open Door policy would be supported in Manchuria, re my Navy message No. 141845,30 or whether considering the improvement in arrangements for port and railroads it has been decided that communication referred to is no longer needed and that repeated verbal assurances are sufficient. In latter case the President might wish to mention these verbal assurances at a press conference at time of publication so [of] Sino-Soviet agreements. This is message referred to in Embassy cable to Dept my 3001 of August 22.