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Leahy Papers: Telegram

No. 61
The President to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)1

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[Washington,] 14 [15] June 1945.

293. Replying to your 141505,2 Eisenhower has been directed to make advance arrangements for accommodations and conference space for American members of the forthcoming conference.3 He has not yet been informed of the names or number of Americans who will be in my party. I intend to take with me my Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of State with his assistants, two or three other officials of high rank, servants, secret service men, etc.

As soon as the number and names are known, I will send them for your information.

  1. Presumably sent to the United States Naval Attaché, Moscow, via Navy channels.↩
  2. document No. 60.↩
  3. See document No. 56, footnote 3.↩