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The President’s Chief of Staff (Leahy) to the First Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Soviet Army (Antonov)
top secret
[Yalta,] 7 February 1945.

My Dear General Antonov: The U. S. Chiefs of Staff desire to meet with the Soviet Chiefs for a most secret discussion tomorrow, Thursday, February 8 at 3 P. M. at the Russian headquarters. No one to be present but the Chiefs of Staff and one interpreter, your Russian interpreter being satisfactory for our purpose.

For the U. S. Chiefs of Staff:
William D. Leahy

Fleet Admiral, U. S. Navy