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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
July 2, 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.
August 29, 1945	Cable from Kuz’ma Derevyanko to Aleksei Antonov Report concerning the division of occupied territory in the Pacific between the Soviet Union and the United States.
August 23, 1945	Cable from Vyacheslav Molotov to Soviet Ambassador in the United States Drafted response from Stalin to Truman regarding Hokkaido and Kurile Islands.
August 20, 1945	Order by Aleksei Antonov to Aleksandr Vasilevsky Orders include preparation for the invasion of the island of Hokkaido and the southern Kurile Islands, but are to "begin... only after special instruction by Stalin."
August 20, 1945	Cable from Aleksandr Vasilevsky to Stalin Vasilevsky reports on the progress of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and the surrender of Japanese forces.
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.
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.
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.
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.