Office of the Historian

761.93/8–745: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

Washington, August 7, 1945—9 p.m.

6633. Following telegram has been received for you from the Secretary:

“Reference Winant’s No. 2258.10a The President directs me to inform you that on August 5 I cabled Harriman in substance as follows:

[Here follows substance of White House telegram No. 316, August 5, to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union, page 955.]

“You may inform the Prime Minister of the substance of our position and our unwillingness to give a broader interpretation to the ambiguous reference to the ‘pre-eminent interests of the Soviet Union’ at Yalta than was clearly intended. We should be glad to be kept informed of the Prime Minister’s views. Byrnes.”

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