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....u-ia OOCM tiu abcNt the 1.4t.h to have tho visit together whioh I

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To 'l'he Pres1cie!lt t'rotJ 1-.lllll.nt. Personal an(JI··~II

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935· rthey were received t.t our sendi ng statio:-~ at such a · .. late hour that ! \\aS tm.:<ble to diSCUSS ti\em with h1m priOr "

to llispatcil . .. l il!l.ve followed the Bern 1oc1rtent a:1d the chronology

( ' of Eve:;ts tho.t took place tllerea!ter . I

rcy regret that you we1·e not 1nfor...ed prior to infor~og t •• e

~~ssians of the arlt ish ~ecision to exclude the Russians

rrc::t the prel 1:nlaar; ·~~eting at cern. I t seeded to me not

1 .probi>ble t na1: t l:is upprot~cl) 711\S 1nc1deiit to t he tnmsfer­

r1ro(l of ,:£:sselr~ng rro.n the I &ul1un ttteater to the Ger>:nan . .

v:estern front an:l done to create dissension in Allied ron'i:s .

!ts tiill!.nb l.L.r.tediately preceded :Uobentrop• s desire 'to ap­

pro"ch t r:< rr..tssi<>ns. It _1s !)Ossible tnat the Japanese . were

us<'a by th£ Genuc..;s to : . .J.s1nform the Russians. It is ll!Y

ov;u opini011 tt"'t your message to St«l!O 7.'88 respons~ble for

t i'\t ~rea.k1•1[, of the :-russlan-.:apanese agree:nent ano the

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\lel1ev£ you nave c.:>orolet~l.Y t tiped out ~s.Si(lll d.1Sttusto I

!1.:1 not sure t h"t tl.e t1mine ·or the Pri::te ::ln1ster r s :mea sage

to Stalin (95;) .,111 be P«rti cul.url.y hHprut.· Tlle tlllrd

paragraph of t he Pri11e Je inister•s · Nt~nber 9~ relatlng too . . .. . ~:

1111rcv1s1ona1 zones of o~cupation 1n ~ustria" is no t eon-

.pletely accurate o <.nl.l' ;resterday Oou.sev ll.dvanced 1n the

::.:..rcpe~n ,;:lvisot'Y co::u.llssion a croprom1se propost<l on zoning

1n .;ustria and control !:13clll.nery ti'.<ot SeeJAed to i!le t:> snovr ·

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Jerman ourrendor negotiation•; zones ot occupation 1n Austria

1. 1fr1nant' a ~ta on PII-PRES t934 and i'9JS.

2. s.nt to the President at llano Sprin«• ae IIJWlUT- JSSt 6 Apr 45.

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TO the Praa.Lden~ trcn ... ~llll ssador llil141lt .

Tills .La just n messase hop1ns that you have had a good

:saster day an4 to Give you a brief 1ntorrol jud&e:nent on one ~ g or uo aa~tera here . BarUch'S trip has been a u eat success ~

an4 he hU u1ru.cy done :2uch good . f.e 1111 be eabl1.'10 you ~

h!:lselr ~n 4eta1l 1n a day or t'lo, ~ .--~ ~

I 114ve been !ollcrt:~;; your cesSllf!es on t he ?ol1sh ques- ; ;;

t1on r.lt h the Prtr.e ::1.o1ster . lie ns 4el1elltet\ to get yo11r ~~ ~ . ::0 i:

cable yesterday aeecpti n& the three ur.en~ents 3~d approvlng .. ~

hls ~ess3ge . ~ I thOU(;ht you loOuld l1!te to :mow thnt Ch\JrCh.lll• ~eels

that 1! the ?.ussla.ns get to\J6ll and as.c t ll4t the acce; tal)te o! •

t t.e LUbli n Coccittee be a cor.dlticn or thelr n~ten~ifiG a~ san

F:":lnc1sco, he •auld be se~ on co1nt tl\rout;h .-J.th the conference .

Altho'!-,h l:.~en does not thll\;< tl'.&t suell action on the

,art ot the :OJ.Ssla:ts 1s li:cel,y , ne 1s of' tl\e sace tlllnd. : I! t on

the Other hand , the ~SS1nns i)l fOl"'Mlrd l.1th their plane tO a t­

teO~ t he conreronce , r eo not t hi•l:t you ••Oul ~ ("t o?pos1tlon

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The tlr H1eh reel that 1t is O\l!" OU.lnees and not t belr busl-

r.ess to :Jake thi-s- 4e&a10!'

as ths:; 1\:lve :.ppenred here, bave !Ill ori,!!1nated 1n the u . s.

1 thou;ht you ;.o'..:l.! be 6,l ad to 101011 tt>at Oo"-Sev, t.r.e

;-:t;.Ssla.~ A:J.b9.!!3 10!' , t,:>lc1 us th.ls af ternoon he i'm.8 now reaey

to v:ork out zon11l~ a nd control """Chinery tor Austria l n t ho

E:ropea'l hdvisory coc:-.lu io:l.

Vester~s.;.·, lii'te.r a flve-hOur ueet1ne or the c~11ers ot

s;atr, the .?rl:r.e Ltln1stcr rorM.r~cd t o you " mess as~ which he

'hoped woUld be satlsractor.t . I knor he trled hard to oake 1t ( , ....

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I llke<l your I!>Cssace 0.1 .aretton .. oods. It the concress

SIJ?p~rt< tl:ls le,·hlnUcn - feel sw-e 1t 1!111 be approved lr;

t!:c Rl!"l!.l:.ent .

Clcer:s here \':ere put !orwo.r~ one hour beC1nn1n8 today .

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FrO:n: u. s. U111 tary At tnche , LOndon, England.

To The President ot Tho Unit ed states .

llr 2094 Filed l,ll450Z,

To t he President !rom fl1n.ant. Nr 2094.

, • Today I ro~arded t o t he Department {~bas~y 's 1~0

2530) a copy at the leading ed1torlal in the SU!lda.y Obser ­

ver. Thls paper as you 11ill r e::;e:foor is ownecs by the V.al­

dort Asters . It is edited by the son David Astor . uajor

h1111um Bullitt now in the French Army spent some '!me

11ith the Asters here last week. This fact might be 11orth

not 1nc in connection t he Fr ench position as it related to

t he Yolt~ conference . I have not r epeated thls messace

t o t~e State Depar tment.

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Secretary of St&te,

Waahington.

2.5~, D.eventh

Following is leadi.ng editorial in the OBS~VER:

"Reali .. ?

The child in ll>lns Anderson's fldry-tale, a:lked to admire the emperor's

gorgeous new clothes, buret out in astonishment: "But the emperor i s

naked•.

Vie are reminded ot this 'When we are asked to adm.ire the new "realistic"

a~curity system, laid out at Dumbarton Oaks and now capped by the Yalta I

voting fomula. It may be realistic, but it h certainly not a security

system. One evil of the o!d League or Nations was that ! t gave us the

illusion of providing a safety, which it couid not in tact guarantee. ~e

must, above all, avoid making that mistake again.

The essential feature now is a refusal openly and in advance, to provide

security against the only cases of aggression which are ever l ikely to

troubl e seriously the peace of the world; aggression by a great power or

aggression by a smaller one which can count on a great power's support.

In both cases the offending great power nas, according to the proj.ect, the

lawt'ul rigt.t to veto any action by the security council. l f the new

di~r~~cnsation had been valid in 1935 Italy, if she were then listed as a

great power, would have had t he right sL·.pl y to veto sanctions O.J..ainst her

ag5ression on Abyssinia .

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o! peace wou1Q al\)'llow nave broken do>m. A atran&e &r8W"ent. T•> adait

that .,roer cloea occur h no reuon to make IIIW'der laod'ul. Under the law

o! ilumbarton OaX. and Ya.a.ta, the et1BI'u o! international crime would &;>­

parentlr attach, not to the aggressor, but to any powera which deapita

hie laJrful •eto took action ll!aiMt the ~euor.

It ia poaaible to hold the peaaiaiatic view that international an­

arcey ia be)'Ond .....,.,cy, Md that >rar will al•"'J'• be with ua. lt eo, let

ua retrain !rom high worua and lind .nat precarious, ! leatin& aecuritr we

can in pratjJll&tical elliancea and the balance or rower. It 1e aleo po .. ihle

to believe that internation ancrchy, like intel'-inclividual anarchr before,

can be and CIUot be overcome by !aw. ln that case let uo !aithCUllr undeter­

red by one failure, build a n'"' and atron&er supernational aut.honl.tr,

pledged .to applr law all round, a law adl:litting no exceptiona.

There 1a atl.ll time to amend tbe !lumberton Oaks pla.na. .Even w1 tb the

Yalta addition, tber reaain •tentative propoaala.• Tbe7 will not become

the new world constitution unleao tho San Francisco meeting o! 45 nations

ul<ee thEID eo. And, in the mauured language of the tUtch .:;,venmentl

•It 1a by now a. well-knolm !act that the plan will have to be amended in

some respects 1! it is to COOW4nd the generGl. and wholehearted support

ot the smaller powers•.

fobat fo= tl\eae amendments coula t:>ke will be a JMtter o! keen in­

ternational di scueeion in the weeks between now ana tbe San francisco

aect.ing. The Dut.ch Government itselt has aJ.rcady gone on record with a

rer.ooned mfGoranoum ~·hich tries to r eintroduce the CUnde.mental difference

ot riBht and wron& int.o tbe new charter o! international conduct. There

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St.andi"' with the Jreat. But, nh&teTer the fate Of \.hUe dete.ile<l IU!t-

&'e1t1ons, the ~r~nt o! a llberua nto which 0 pute .,eh great power abovo

ito ow law• ahould 101 there io wide &&"'"""'•nt 11100"8 the lllllller nation:J

about that.

And Brilo&in? llr. Chureh.Ul and l.lr, !.den are, ot course, parties to

.. t he Yalta "e"""'rcahe• on votift8 in the aecurity council. "ut the •compro­

*•" haa nenr been debated, l et alone rat i!it<l, by Po.rl i&Mnt And 1n &II)'

ntnt Brite.in' • bancl.o cannot be re~rdt<l aa tinally tied by an arree:o:ent

about the ro.....,lation ot •tentative propo&ala.• It is well known th<ot the

Vaal.nion• vhw thea~ propoa&.la with the ll&llle doubts and miag1villff8 " "

the .....Uer nations o! Europe . h it thinkable th"t Britain could isolate

bereeU lroto the Lcminiona a.nd Europe 1n orier to become a cba&pibn o!

ai&'ht a&'Qinst ri&'ht? l:'ould that atUl be •reallSD• ?

Pleue daliver copy to the V.'hite llouae ;>r=pt!y.

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t.-...a.t they ~Ct!'. sW.d t.A.t U.e~' ~tl"'e y:,_UL'".#"; to £0 ;;;n to

:'cecow to G.!.te.:s.s pro'olQa rclut1.1£. t.o t:·1e reccnst!tl..t!.ol:l

ot the t.u~l:.n ~o\-rcr~:Jt . on t.roCl: other ho.nd tt1e:; 4.10 not

co 01.\t o! t~.e1r ro.y to thtlnk hi.; tor !:it~ t ~.n1 been do:1e .

~oe~ espcc1nt~ IL!I:<ed tltnt I er.plc.ln to ;·ou pcr!on•u:r

t;.at t.e 1r.v1te7 ;..tdr.ult t-·renah t'Orc1...r.n . .:l\1ster· to L0:'16on

be!ore he- ..me, o! j"o.z !nvit.e.tton to Ce!\ern.l ~ Ga:.slle to

Yet :~o;.~ .!.n n.lSlers t..."1:1 t.:a r• ~1.::. *'-

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pemille1on to c~y as uwv a!Mep as .-. U i<ed and prtvueae~

to roa.:st u .. :a in 'the q'J&l"ter ~.

I nnt lato 1o::e de~l.la 'll!tll llb uauc ~ tr.lp . . . . ... ~ .. htre. 'l'liO lllolld.l.ll8 t lJ tr:U.n trip to IDndon the Or1 ve to

';'ne .-xaca t.ltll ';' .. a ;(1~ ~~;;C. tile ret~o~m 4rivt •1tta- !tle .Pr1!lle

"llllstcr is eaall:/ &11'~11 • . 'l'l!* cUffl.cul."Y 11 Clle· f..rUa:Jeut

and ::allll1on Hou.ee . I.e .t~l ~bAt taie.-all cQII.l~ be .voided . ' by as d,zlj;. t!l:.t. ;(O'.t t&l«: to tile {l(Ople o! En{llaod 00 tne nullo ,

;, lO CIT 15 ci:lute- a~~esa 'lio(;it-b. suttio1en• ~ ~o;,tld · •

eU.~n:l to tt.e need of t l:c otner t -.:o vis1 ts 1t1. tl:Out ouenn

to aeybod..Y a:111 1:1t.1 c;res.t a.:preolntictl on t~e ·.;-art of the

pcc;>le o! vre:lt .ZJ'ital.l.

: 'bel1~ve ~b:l t ;;-ou s!lld the c t r.er d6V tnat tile o:1ly

~.u;,· to :.ave a friend .ls to be one. I.cerson ca1.1e :t:r¢J -;~:'i

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ur. 2052.

A ravorable oesso~o was rorward~4 t oday throU[h

the Br1 t1sll E::lba3sy 1n >~ushinttc-n 1n ans1:er to your

r:u:J'bcr 666 of 5 nec~ber. (See E::lbassy•s 225 January

6, 6 P .u,) Eden had. planned. to have 1 t sent to you by

t he Prl:.le L:1n1ster in an:mer to yot.r o:essac:e to h1Jil ,

but inadvertentl y it r.:J.!l trans:n1tted. throUb)l the E:nba~sy

chaMe 1. I ho;:Je you r.on • t D'J.nd. . Eden r.or.~.::d h:ll'd to r.et

it cleared , He ~ted to send it out earlier this ~eek ,

b\:t it has been a 11 ttle di.f.ficult the last !flw days to

expedite business as the Prine ll1n1st er h:J.s been laid up

Yilth a cold.

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r.roa: The u.s . :.!1l1tary Att;..che , London, Engl and

To Tile Prcs1<1ent of The united states

Nr 2o47 -- Filed 09/2336Z Personal and s:c&~ for the President tr~

f,1nunt. llumber 2D47.

I have been 1nfor::~ed by ttlJ S..ate ll<lpartoent

tlUJ.t ttle a.gree:ucnt on control macltlnery recocnended

by the European Alvlsory co~sslon, and the proto­

col on zones of occupation in Ger-..!311Y and area of

Berlin, lilt<:!r:1se recCY..l.':lended b'J the European Adv~s­

ory co:n:nl.sa1on, v:lll sr.ortlY be before you tor f lnoJ.

a.ppro~l by the u .s . cove~ent .

The control roclU.nerJ SJ;ree.uent Ms been appro­

ved by the State Depart~ent and the J oint Chiefs of

stnff, and I underst:.nd sinllar a ;Jprov-..11 r.ill be

given to the Ger-~ occupation protocol when the

Coobincd Chi ers Of Staff hc.ve cct:~e to an ac.-ree::lent

on t he u . s . control Of BrC:lCn and Uremerhaven, r:hich

includes rail , hl (;;hway and ca.'lal racilitics for the

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these ;>:<pera t.avc l\114 covcrncentlll a~ t!Y ;he

v .K. covern:Jent. cousov tells co t.t-.e nuso1ons are

tnvorobl.y cons1Q<lr1n,:; tl1Co, and I believe t hey are -walt1nc aet1on ~ uo,

·, It has been C\Y hope that these to&ether .,1th

the ~nclcr 1nst ruccot, ml.&ht to aueecl upon by t he IJ .., ., ;e three Govera:enta prior to Jan~~:~cy 14th, l'h1cn mnrl<a ., r:

t he compl etion or one year or •or% or the Europeen ~

AdV1sorJ Cc::;;,J.s slull. These are tt.e tt.ree bns1c ~c- l ~ ;j ~

c:eots •b1cll ...re necessary to .Ul1ecl c ontrol or ee~, :;

!heir acceptance \'111 rclc4So Q;),Qy otllcr ~pers or

sec~~J ~or~~ce tnut ~\~ been considered 'ur1n3

the past yeo.r. I also believe 1 t I!Ould be very us eM

t o t~ve t hese arre~enta on accoapllshecl fact bEfore

i Our meeting t1.th Churchill ll!ld St.alln .

Tile only' b~slc policy dlrcct1ve .u • .:~t. r.c have

received tree tbo' i1eucls ot ~llc three ',::qvernments wns

~t;,rec.:J.Cnt 0:1 uncohtU Li OMl :SUrt'el'ld.Cr . • ~he surrender

t t:r::>S 1<ere tas<>d on tt1at d1r0ctlvc anc1 arc 1n conro=­

lty >:lth 1t. ':'!.ey proV1ec tor the t hree Allie s tt\:<1:1(;

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cropletc t::111tar:; c.nd c!.v!l p:r.;er ove:- Ge::'n3ny .

Tho u.:;ree;•ent on control estnbliahes the nec­

essar; ;:achlner; to t;:;>le.3e:lt the surrender ter:Js but

1n no nay prejudces the policy which ~ay be applied

tonaro Gen'\MY. It s1DplY establishes the mechanics

es::ent1al to any pro~r.o that oay be detero1ned bl'

those r eopons1blo !or policy,

The ccr~an occupation protocol is an acree~ent

on the del1n€ut1on o! ~ones ot occupation 1n Gei7~~

and the dlvlsion or areas ror joint occupation or

Borl1n. It also de!lnes t l:e a<rree<l area or Derl1n.

ACa1n thi s r.a;>er 1r. no IYf!.Y prejudges policy n1th re­

spect to t he trc<:t:•ent or Cer..lG:;y ,

The uncondition~l surrender inst~ent is

drawn so thut surrender can be si~led by both civil

and o111tar; cer:an huthorities, or c~ be s1ened

by either t he ci Vil or t he .u111tary . If t he defeat

o! Cen.,any, on t l1o o t hcr hand, Cdl\ onJ.y be accompli shed

by the surrtnder o! local c~ders, the L1s~nt

can , r;ittr "r ew verbal ch.ul[es, be issued as a surrender

proclA-w. t1 on.

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the European Advlsory co..cJ.sslon prior t o the ne!!nisslon

or a J. rench representa tive . r.hatcver chances may be

as:ted tor 't:t'J t he French, o.nd a.:;reed to ITJ t he t hree -Coverroents, cnn be ncco:Jpllshed by later a -:en<bent .

Tile !ll])Ortan t t hin.; 1n ey j uf1C:nent ls t o <;et O.."''OC-:Jent

by t he three l".ajor powers .

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From: The u.s . ~~111tary Attacne, Lonacn , E!l&lanc1

To The Pret1dent Of The united States

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l'ersonal anG ~~:i.'f f or the Presl~ent trom

l,lnant . Ncmber 2047.

I nave been 1nro~ed by the State Departoent

t hat the agee:.tent on cootrol mach1ncr·y reco::~.11ended

by the ~uropeen Ad\~scry Ca.rniss1on, and the proto­

col on zones of occupation l.n Genna.ny and area of ~ .

3erl1n , l1kev~se rec~c~~cd by the European AdVls-

ory c~ss1on , ~111 shortlY be before you for fir~

approval by tt.e u.s . covernment .

The eo~trol 'nachinery a&reeeent has be~n appro-

, ved by the stat e oeP;rtoent and the Joint Chiefs or

Staff, and I underst.ana s1:t11ar approval ' ·11.1 be

t;iven to the Ger::tan occupation protocol when the

cocbine~ Chiefs of Staff have cooe to an ac;reet:ent

on tt:e u.s . contr.ol or arecnen ana Brenerhaven , whleb

includes rail , h1bhr.oy a~1 conal foc111t1es for tt.e

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supply of our troops in t he -=orlean zone . Both

tnese papers have haO governr.ental approval by the

u.x . Govern~cot . Gousev tells ce the Russ1a~s are

ravoraolY eonsldcril18 thee , ana I believe tl!ey are

wn1tin& action by us . It has been my hope t hGt these together wi th

tne surrender instrucent , might be agreed upon by the

three covem:llents prior t o January 14t h , wnicn marxs

the compl etion ot one ye~ of ~ork or tne European

Advisorv~ Comm.1sS1on . These are the three bas:i.e agee­

u:.ents ,,l'\lch are necessary to Allied control or {"',el'IJI311Y .

1heir acceptance .:111 release cany other papers of

secondar.:,• 1cportance that have been consl~ereo during

the past year . I also bel ieve lt 'hOUld. t:e very useful

to have these agree~ents an accomplished fact before

your meeting r.ith cnurcnil l ~na Stalin .

The on!y basic policy directive tnat r.e nave

received f r om the heads ot t.he t~tree e overn..1nmts WtLS

agreezent on uncondl tional surrender . The surrender

te~ r.ere haseO en th~t directive and are 1n conforn-

1ty \C1th 1t . '!'hey provide t o:r tne tnree Allies t.<...:~i!l(;

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The av-rc~ent on control establishes the nec ­essarJ cach1nery to J..::ple.ent the surrer.der ter-J, tr't in no way preJu~es the polic' which ~ay be applied t 011ard Ge=n:f . It sl.l:!Pl.Y establishes t~.e cecbsnl.cs essenUol to 111\Y pro~ns.-:~ tint ::.:J3 be deter:llned by t hose responsible tor pollcy .

':'hC Ger.nn OCCU;l!l~1on jll'OtOCOl 1S an ao"ee':'lent on the del1ncut1on or ;..ones or occu]Xltion 1n ceru.any ""~ tt~e d1v1slon or areu for joint occu,atlon o! B~rlin . It also defines tne a:reed area or Berlin • .... At;a1n thls paper in no way pre j udt;ea policy 1.1th re-spect to the treat::e~t or Ger~n,:( .

The uncondlt1on-l surrender lnctru:.ent ls drawn so tllst su:-r en.er """ be Sib!!etl by both clv!.l and c111tary oer.c~1 authorities , or can be s1~r-ed by either l.ho cl\'11 or the .:111tary. It the defeat or Cier ...ar.,y. on t.he ot!lcr }..:mt\ ~ ~ only be uce0.:1pl1sho~ by tho surrcntler of loc~l ca.ll:l:lnders , the 1nstru.Lent can , ~ith fe~ verbal c~~3, be issued as a surre~~er p:roclc.."'\n. t1 on .

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the £uropeaa Adv1sory ca~ss1on prior to t he a~~ss1on

or a French r epresem.at1ve . V.llatever ena!l£eS me,y be

··~·d ror by t he Fr~nch , and acreeo to by the three

oover~ents . ~~ .be accOQplished trJ l ater a~en~ent .

The l.l!lporta.~ t t hin& 1n ~ jU~{;1ent 1S t o get agreet.ent

by t he three tlajor pcr..ers.

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. S~cret •'. Sr I'll' 205d. li · r."' 1. JUSt O.!ter !orv:arcUnc j'OU Q!j 2o28 on ey con­

ver.satlo~ •ith l::l.Sslgll I S;!Cnt th~· ue'< end wlth Ede:t. In

:JJ r:CS33 e I tol~ you that ~·asalt;l1 hall et:>ted to c:e th:lt

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=~e:t had rolled t o st.cw h1n the exehan: e or GOCS~s bctceen

Ch~chill un4 Stalin ns to tbc Br1t1sh position on n b1p~rt1~e Frn:1co il\!oe1nn treaty a s contr:>stod. Yllth a trlp.n-t 1tc A.'\;·lo

Ru<sian Fre nch treaty. Eden sa14 tMt the reason for t!11a

ras due to tne r.uturc o1' vc cauue to let hb i'::'lO\T that he

r.us t;oln<; on to l'oscow a:ld t hnt the British r:ere e·1tlrcly

dc~n.!cnt ' ,on t!tc n-.. .ssla!is for l:t:or .ct ~o, co!'teernt=\_; t . . oso

r.e,:otl:.Uo.1s. He telt tl .. n tl:e llu:lslnn:t. h:ld tcpt h1;) r~u:;

1M:>r.:c4.

2 , On Janu..u-; 2n~ {:.<f 2035) I told :;ou tr.a t Cl:urchUl

and Eden u rc v~r:J ouch disturocd l.ccuuso ot n 3ecret ruble tll<lt t he Kl n,;; or Greece hnd ton ... r Je4 t o Ills cover !uent rono•. -

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oinee l earned that one or tne r easons ror their concern l':!lS

:«lOwled,:c th"t the Russllins .:ere thol.l:;ht to have a r.~ethod of

intercept!~ t hese c= unlca tions. l'ihcthcr they rea<! the

::;es saee or not I csnnot ooy. !Jist night r.hell I """ at Choquera

the Prlllle !.!i n1st.er tole! <::e t h!lt he believe<! that Stalln had

co:npletely kept his asrcc:1e nt to :Ceep out or Greece . Tlle Prime

::1n1oter also tole! me that both 'le aru1 Eden and the Cabinet

were anxious to en<! the !1Chti ng with ELAS . Therefore they ha4

pressed their own reprenentatlves in Athens to come to terms

and 1<ere wl.lli~ th!lt co!lcessions be rnac!e, but they 1<ere thin:t­

i ng or seograpcy and other points at issue . The question or

hostages had dropped out of thel.r :nlnds and t hey r.ere creatly t .,___

surprisec! to find that Scobie had glven way on the question ot

r.osta,:ca . Eo~:ever, they "re today well a~are or tM filet t!lat

the ~LAS 1ns1s~ence on ~cep1~ hosta&~s has not helped EtAS

as far a s 11nera1 opi!llon ls concerned.

}, I n spite or Peters refUSal to a ccept t he Regency

the Priue !!.l!llster wlolle t <ll \<1!11; with :ne l o.J.d ~;Teat stress on

t he tact t hat t he Rc&ency aureed u pon vras referred to 1n the

exchan<;es as a Roya l Recc~cy.

4. l.hcn the Tl.lr«s troke orr dlplo::111tlc relati ons v:1th

Japan I asKed Eden 1! t he Rl.lSsian• had been kept informed of

these negot.i nt1ons. I was Olt clear fro:> his reply t hat they

h~d been . Gvuscv had told ::1e t he ;lay be for e that he h><d first

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to Eden t~t ln his 41acu:•1o~s With the RUsslnne that he

t.:>pM•1::e the 1aport3:lce ot the Japaneoe E::bsssy at J.nlaora to

the Jll)'.:me~e and to the Gcr.'ll!ls na an cs plOIIDoi;O center artect-

1tlll t ile ;:estern Tl.eatre CIS -.ell liS t he F.astern Theatre, Ue

h3s <!one ttds . I 11:1!1 atrnld tho nuos1an.s t11G)lt thlnlc that

the ~:ish l:ltorcst 1n r:ov1~ l'llth U5 l'las because the TUrka

•untee! our s u;> or~ 1n the I:llrdenolles. I do not '<now whether

the RU!Idl.ans r.ero 1ntol'tle4 or not but certainly their con­

trlbut1on 1n the r.est 1\nCI their poss~ble contribution 1n the

east 1e ot erave concern to us .

5. I sar. ln your oo•s:;.r;c to the Prime U1n1ster tho. t

!!w-ry \ • • cealn;; over 11ere shortly, Lost nlG)lt there wo.s

soce sua;est1on t hat ho r:1Cht stey at 10 DO•nl!IS Street aa

t l:ere ..re no extra r oo:ns 1n t he Annex . It 1<ns then dec14eCI

that he .JlCht prefer st o;>;>1n:; at a hotel becall!!e 1t r.nve 111lo

~atcr n-eeoc:n . There 1s o:ll.y one 41tr1eulty w1tn that l'lh1eh

i nvolves daLe or lcav1~ ~nd securit y, I ~1ah you would tell

hl::i t h.l t I I:Oulc! be dCl l.f:llted tO put Ill:: up 1.f 1t 11111 be 1D

U'lY wo.:; o. coavenlenco to hi:ll ,

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- <4ld "'" tile tolloooin:: Lonid>L. '!he O..k X1:l;l attn

hie lone Q:mhro,ce •it.h ' ho !"rJ.oe !!J.nJ.•t.or and •.it.h Eden agr.ed

no~ to co.:-:t.lW'licat. uU.h rupltldJoeou or ot..hor3 1n hi3 fl'OVtm..'!IOnt

1n At.hOM. nte 8:-it.i.o.h h.:avo nx tcnuwf t,h;)t. ht d.ld nn4 a aeu­

•co t.cu·ou.th, alanpre~tt.ns Use llrit.1M ;»o::.it.1.3n. ~ otJM.r

thlnto tho X1ot otM.od t.h tt.t t..h Cr1U~b agrooct t.,.a.t. tone S .U

would not. b.. npro .. nt.od 1n tho nP t.,vom:·.ent. a.n.d t.hot t.~o .\rcb­

bbho;> wu \0 coneult. •itb the ling Ol\ J)Ol.i.cr. "l'hi.a hu Dlde

t.r~ble. the Prt~ t!l.tlUt.or b 'f'lr'1 &l\lf'1• 14M .11 t.o ... \bAt

kint; t.01=-orrow .o.t'tomoon.

1 t.old. !den that. 1 th~t 1 abould f orward tJ't ... b Wor:aa­

tio.n to rou at. onco as tho PrJ-.,. ~ster had te."\t. 7!1U a OO.UA£e

aucueating th~t. you oond a cablo or coneol~tion t4 the rJLna •

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ill". t11nant tt) ?roddMt. Roo.sevolt, Per•onal and tCPS!?X:RL.'T. 1 Eden t old z.e tho following t.oni £ht . The GJ"Mk Kina: u ·u r

bie long eon!er$~Ce ~lt~ tho Primo Ulni.stor Qnd with Eden a~od not to c~~eote ~th PapannTeou or others in his g~vtr.1~nt i n Athont. Tht Br itish h~vo now found that he did eend a ~oat-age throuah, aiarepresB.Ylt ins t ho Britb~ pODit.lon. AmOn.& other t~g.s the King .st~tad that the 8ritisb ~rou~ tb~t tho EAU would not bo r opro.sontod in tho now govo~~t &nd that the A~~­bl.shop wae t9 consult wi~~ t he King on policy. Thi~ ha.s ~e tr-o\\blt. Tho Prk.~ !!in.i.:ster 1a w .s-angry. .Eden 1e t.3 eoe tho King to:noM"O"rt attel';\oon ,

I t old Belen th.3t I thous!lt I ahould tor~a.rd this into~ Uon to you at onco as t..~e Pri.u l!inhter he.d sent you a .me.s.s&go auggost1.ng t.h:.t. you .san.t a cable o! conaola.f4,D.!l to tho Ki.'\8•

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