Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume I

No. 105
The President to the Secretary of State

[Extract]¹

Independence, Missouri, June 27th, 1945.

Dear Ed: …

. . . . . . .

I wanted you to come with me to the meeting with Marshal Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill which will take place next month. But, since I shall be away during the Congressional hearings [on the Charter of the United Nations], I have reluctantly agreed to your suggestion that you remain in Washington while I am away. …

. . . . . . .

Very sincerely yours,

Harry S. Truman

1. For the full text of this letter, in which Truman accepted Stettinius’ resignation as Secretary of State, see Department of State Bulletin, vol. xiii, p. 15, from which source this extract is printed.