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December 8, 1954 

Dear Mr. Friedman: 

I quote below the text of a memorandum relating to your 

inquiry of December 2, with respect to a forthcoming publication on the wartime conferences. The source of the information 

ie Mr. G. Bernard Noole, Chief of the Historical Division, 

Dep:i.rtment of._State: 

•• 111. The text of the messages {there were three, I 

believe) is included in the volumes on the Potsdam Conference. 

I 

"2. The text is quoted from the published proceedings 

of the Tokyo War Crimes Trials, so the material is in print 

already. 

"3. There is a f'ootnote which states that the text of 

these messages was 'known to' US officials on July 13. 

. . "4. There is a further footnote reference to the 

published Forrestal Diaries in which the process of obtaining the material is clearly identified. 

11 5. The text f'urther quotes Secretary Stimson writing 

that he received from the Pentagon an 'interesting message' 

on July 16. 

11 6. The phrasing of the footnote mentioned in 3 above 

is as agreed with the Pentagon to replace a more explicit 

statement on the galley-proof's submitted to Defense." 

Mr. William F. Friedman 

Special Assistant 

National Security A ency 

Washington ~ 

Sincerely yours, 

W. PARK ARMSTRONG, Jr. 
a 11He.m1 

... 1IAllOlf (Ale) 

df'9ct111& the .-ce ot the world. \"oe Yalta ,Aarea.nt, 1 pr•41et., 

wUl lbcrw' that Ftaaklin RooMVelt 1ll"pd ISt&liD to cter tbe Jaiace•e 

Vu' Just u econ ae Cle~ aun-euc!ered.. la orar to pt .uch a 

prta!.1e tram 8t&JJ.A, !ooeevalt u4 CJ1urchill t1n&lq pve ttua11& 

tb9 to.UOW1111 te:rritarft ThcJ Kur1la Ialande, all ot Outer Monsolta, 

d two \'#.al aeaport• in llulchurs.a,, Datran, aid 'tort Arth\U". 

leap1te thi1 pa.rantee that luesta wul4 enter the 3apmese Var, 

% Ffd1ct. that h1ato17 will abov th&t Ital.in came to the htada.i::t 

Ccmterenc• with a lapamee pace ,ropoaal in hia p0cket but ha 414 

DOt 411el0• thi• Joyful nova to Churchill and 'l'rumui. Aotuall.¥, thq 

IAl9w lw bad. a 3apLQMO otter 'bee&UN • ad 'been 4ecocU.12g Japm 11 •oret 

•lee ii~ 10 Tnman aD4 Chiu-ehiU waited MYeral &t¥a tor Stalin 'tO 

-.lat laiowri the .f•J1111C•• proPJll&l • Bowver, vben 8t&li11 •i4 llO'tbina 

trw.n and Chul"chill ncreU'llll:f concluded that Jhus•ia '-14 not want 

tbe .Japanese ar to •DO. am I predict that hi•to:ry vili abow thia 

-.. ~Truan u4 Churchill t~•UT decid.e4 to 4rop tbe &tm bcaa'b. 

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