893.014/8–2345: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
Moscow, August 23,
1945—4 p.m.
[Received 4:42 p.m.]
[Received 4:42 p.m.]
3024. Although considerable material is now appearing on details of Soviet victories in East Asia and native Manchurian ecstasy over liberation by Red Army (to Department 3024, rptd Chungking 105), Soviet press has thus far neglected to mention that China enjoys sovereignty over Manchuria.
Harriman