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

Leahy Papers: Telegram

No. 94
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the President’s Chief of Staff (Leahy)¹

top secret
routine

Moscow, 24 June 1945.

(Personal and top secret for Admiral Leahy from Harriman.)

Molotov told me last night that he had consulted Marshal Stalin (re your White House Number 300 Navy Number 201630 June 20²) and that the latter had no objection whatsoever to the President bringing his Chiefs of Staff with him to Berlin.

1. Sent by the United States Naval Attaché, Moscow, via Navy channels.
2. See document No. 79.