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November 26, 1943
The Cairo Declaration
Roosevelt, Churchhill, and Jiang Jieshi declare that they are "fighting this war to restraint and punish the aggression of Japan."
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February 02, 1944
Telegram re Stalin Harriman Conversation on Japanese Troops
W. Averell Harriman and Joseph Stalin discuss Soviet intelligence about Japanese troop movements.
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February 03, 1944
Paraphrase of Outgoing Navy Cable - Moscow, February 3, 1944
W. Averell Harriman and Joseph Stalin discuss information the Russian have gathered from Japanese sources about future Japanese plans and troop movements during World War II.
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March 03, 1944
Paraphrase of Outgoing Navy Cable – Moscow, March 3, 1944.
Ambassador Harriman and Joseph Stalin discuss future military movements in the Far East and Soviet intelligence about Japanese military plans.
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March 03, 1944
Stalin and Harriman Discuss Air Power and the Japanese
Ambassador Harriman and Joseph Stalin discuss Far East Air Power and intelligence about Japanese military movements.
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June 26, 1944
Record of a Conversation with Percy Chen
D. Godnunov reports that he discussed military developments in the Sino-Japanese War with Percy Chen, as well as the visit to China made by US Vice President Henry Wallace.
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September 23, 1944
The President’s and the Prime Minister’s Message to Marshal Stalin regarding the Quebec Decisions
Stalin, Kerr, and Harriman discuss plans for fighting in the Far East and the Pacific.
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September 30, 1944
Letter No. 340 from L.D. Wilgress, Canadian Embassy, Moscow, to the Secretary of State for External Affairs, W.L. Mackenzie King
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October 09, 1944
Record of Meeting at the Kremlin, Moscow, 9 October 1944, at 10 p.m.
Churchill, Eden, Stalin, and Molotov discuss the leadership in Poland, Britains interests in Greece and Hong Kong, the actions of Romania and Bulgaria during the war, Turkey, the need for the Great Powers to exert influence on the Balkans to prevent small wars, the leadership of Italy, interests in Bulgaria and Romania, the dividing of Germany and Germany's future, and the American plans in the war against Japan.
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October 25, 1944
Letter No. 373 from L.D. Wilgress, Canadian Embassy, Moscow, to the Secretary of State for External Affairs, W.L. Mackenzie King
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November 09, 1944
Letter No. 402 from L.D. Wilgress, Canadian Embassy, Moscow, to the Secretary of State for External Affairs, W.L. Mackenzie King
The Canadian Ambassador to the Soviet Union, L.D. Wilgress, thoroughly reviews Soviet foreign policy in Europe, Asia, and in Latin America and its relations with the United States and the United Kingdom. Wilgress optimistically concludes that "the Soviet Government are desirous of co-operating fully with the other great powers."
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February 11, 1945
Yalta Conference Agreement, Declaration of a Liberated Europe
The text of the agreements reached at the Yalta (Crimea) Conference between President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Generalissimo Stalin.
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June 30, 1945
Meeting between Marshal Stalin and Dr. Soong
Stalin and Chinese Minister Soong discuss the necessity of warm relations between China and the Soviet Union; Stalin pledges to support China's position.
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July 02, 1945
Record of a Meeting between T.V. Soong and Stalin
Notes taken during meetings between the Chinese nationalist government and the Soviet Union in Moscow during Sino-Soviet treaty negotiations.
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August 17, 1945
Draft Message from Joseph Stalin to Harry S. Truman
Stalin requests that the Soviet Union gain possession of the Kurile Islands and the northern half of the island of Hokkaido, Japan.
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August 18, 1945
Order by Aleksandr Vasilevsky to the Commander of the 1st Far Eastern Front
Vasilevsky sends orders to continue the occupation of Manchuria and prepare for invasion of the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
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August 18, 1945
Telegram from Aleksandr Vasilevsky to Stalin
Vasilevsky reports on the progress of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and planning for invasion of the Japanese island of Hokkaido and other islands in the Pacific.
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August 19, 1945
Translation of Message from Harry S. Truman to Joseph Stalin
Responding to a message from Stalin, Truman agrees to allow Soviet control of the Kurile Islands, but stresses that all islands of Japan proper, including Hokkaido, are to be surrendered to US forces.
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August 19, 1945
Order by Aleksandr Novikov to the Commander of the 9th Air Army
Novikov gives orders for air support in preparation for a Soviet invasion of the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
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August 19, 1945
Report by Ivan Yumashev to Aleksandr Vasilevsky
The plan of operation for a Soviet invasion of the island of Hokkaido and the Kurile Islands.