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A Guide to Map Room Messages of President Truman (1945-1946) A Guide to Map Room Messages of President Truman (1945-1946) Potsdam Conference Documents (1945) THE PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS SERIES A Guide to Map Room Messages of President Truman (1945-1946) Potsdam Conference Documents (1945) Edited by Paul Kesaris Guide Compiled by Joan Gibson A Microfilm Project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA, INC. 44 North Market Street Frederick, Maryland 21701 Copyright ® 1980 by University Publications of America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ISBN 0-89093-352-9 ISBN 0-89093-353-7 Contents Key to Acronyms ill Key to Initials v MAP ROOM MESSAGES OF PRES. TRUMAN (1945-1946) 1-24 REEL1 Communications between Truman and Attlee (July 30, 1945-November 15, 1946) 1 Communications between Truman and Chiang Kai-shek (May 3, 1945-August 2, 1946) 3 Communications between Truman and Churchill (April 11-July 30, 1945) 4 Communications regarding Churchill Trip to Florida (November 24-December 31, 1945) 5 Communications between Truman and Harriman (April 13, 1945-September 28, 1946) 6 REEL 2 Communications between Truman and Hurley (April 13-September 12, 1945) 7 Communications between Truman and Marshall (December 29, 1945-August 1, 1946) 7 Communications regarding Stalin-Hopkins Conference (May 19-June 12, 1945) 8 Miscellaneous Communications to and from Truman (April 13, 1945-December 30, 1946) 8 Communications between Truman and Stalin (April 16-December 23, 1945) 12 Minutes of Crimean Conference (February 5-9, 1945) 13 REEL 3 Communication between Truman and Stalin (April 6-May 27, 1945) 13 Messages regarding Germany: Surrender, Treaty, Armistice (April 20-August 17, 1945) 14 Messages regarding Zones of Occupation in Germany and Austria (April 12-November 29, 1945) 16 REEL 4 Record of Conversations between Stalin and Hopkins (May 26-June 6, 1945) 18 Intelligence Message regarding ULTRA: Continued Secrecy in Peacetime (September 1945) 19 Messages regarding Surrender of Japan (April 21-August 23, 1945) 19 REEL 5 Further Messages regarding Surrender of Japan (August 23-October 2, 1945) 21 Communications regarding Soviet-Chinese Relations, Talks between Stalin and Soong (April 23-August 26, 1945) 22 Communications regarding Trips of President (May 29-September 16, 1945) 24 POTSDAM CONFERENCE DOCUMENTS (1945) 25-38 REELl Pres. Truman's Potsdam Diary (July 16-30, 1945), 25 Potsdam Papers (1945) Vol. I. Agenda and Documents 25 Vol. II. Background Information Europe 25 Economic 27 Near East 27 Far East 28 Vol. III. Territorial Studies Italian Frontiers and Colonies 29 German Frontiers 29 Balkan Frontiers 29 East European Frontiers 29 Far East 30 Vol. IV. U.S. Bilateral Discussions with Russians 30 with British 30 Vol. V. Recommendations from Joint Chiefs of Staff and Memoranda from President's Records on Subjects to be Discussed at Berlin 31 Vol. VI. Papers and Minutes of Meetings of Combined Chiefs of Staff 31 Vol. VII. Minutes of Meetings of Heads of Government: Truman, Churchill, Stalin 33 REEL 2 Vol. VII. (cont.) 33 Vol. VIII. Minutes of Meetings of Foreign Ministers 33 Vol. IX. Correspondence of Pres. Truman with Heads of Government 34 Vol. X. Miscellaneous Documents Letters and Memoranda Submitted to the President concerning Conference Agenda 35 Memoranda, Letters, and Reports from JCS to the President not related to Tripartite Meetings 36 Papers on Germany related to Tripartite Meetings 36 Reports Submitted to President by Joseph E. Davies 36 Papers relating to Discussions at Berlin: Italy, Koenigsburg, Near East, Poland 36 Miscellaneous Unsigned Reports submitted to the President Prior to Conference 37 Correspondence of the President and President of Poland 37 Papers related to Tripartite Meetings: Southeastern Europe, Spain and Tangier, War Criminals, Waterways 37 Dispatches, Memoranda, and Letters unrelated to Tripartite Meetings concerning Lend-lease Arrangements with British Government 37 Papers related to Tripartite Meetings: Reparations, Council of Foreign Ministers 38 Papers on Japan 38 Vol. XI. Report on Tripartite Conference of Berlin 38 Key to Acronyms Australian Commonwealth Naval Board Advanced Echelon, General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area Allied Expeditionary Forces Allied Forces Headquarters Adjutant General, War Department Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific Air Liaison, Pacific Ocean Area U.S. Naval Liaison Officer U.S. Naval Attache1 Allied Naval Commander, Expeditionary Force British Chiefs of Staff Bureau of Naval Personnel Combined Civil Affairs Committee Combined Cipher Machine Combined Chiefs of Staff Commanding General, Combined Training Center Commanding General, Far East Air Force Commanding General, Services of Supply, China Theater Commanding General, U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces Commanding General, U.S. Forces, China Theater Commander in Chief, Army Forces, Pacific Command Commander in Chief, British Pacific Fleet Commander in Chief, Atlantic Commander in Chief, Mediterranean Commander in Chief, Pacific Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Area Chief of Naval Operations Commander Escort Division Commander, Fleet Air Wing Commanding General, China Commanding General, China Theater Commanding General, European Theater of Operations Commanding General, Far East Air Force Commanding General, India Burma Theater Commanding General, Services of Supply, China Theater Commanding General, U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces Commanding General, U.S. Forces, China Theater Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet Commander, Marshalls/Gilberts Area Commander, Naval Air Transport Service COMNAVEU Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe COMNAVGRCHINA Commander, Naval Group, China COMNAVNAW Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Northwest African Waters COMNORPAC Commander, North Pacific Force COMSERVPAC Commander, Service Force, Pacific Fleet COM3RDFLT Commander, Third Fleet CTF Commander, Task Force CTG Commander, Task Group CTU Commander, Task Unit ECM Electric Cipher Machine JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff MIL MIS Military Mission NAVOP Naval Operation OWI Office of War Information PAC/POA Pacific Command/Pacific Ocean Area SACSEA Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia SCAEF Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force SHAEF Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force WARCOS War Department, Chief of Staff WARJCS War Department, Joint Chiefs of Staff WAROPDIV War Department, Operations Division WARTAG War Department, The Adjutant General Key to Initials C.A. Clement R. Attlee, prime minister of Great Britain H.A. Harold R.L. George Alexander, British field marshal A.B. Adolf A. Berle, American diplomat J.B. James F. Byrnes, American secretary of state W.C. Winston S. Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain J.D. John Deane, head of U.S. military mission in U.S.S.R. D.E. Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general of the army J.G. Joseph C. Grew, acting American secretary of state A.M. W. Averell Harriman, American diplomat H.H. Harry L. Hopkins, American politician and administrator, special envoy of President Truman P.H. Patrick J. Hurley, American diplomat C.K. Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese Nationalist leader G.K. George F. Kennan, U.S. charge' d'affaires in Moscow W.L. William D. Leahy, American admiral of the fleet D.M. Douglas MacArthur, American general of the army G.M. George C. Marshall, American general of the army V.M. Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian foreign minister C.N. Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral of the fleet C.S. Carl Spaatz, commanding general of U.S. army strategic air forces E.S. Edward R. Stettinius, American statesman J.S. Joseph V. Stalin, Russian premier H.T. Harry S Truman, 33rd President of U.S. M.T. Myron C. Taylor, American diplomat J.V. James K. Vardaman, Jr., naval aide to the President A.W. Albert C. Wedemeyer, American general, commander in China J.W. John G. Winant, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain • REEL INDEX Map Room Messages of President Truman (1945-1946) Reel 1 Communications between President Truman and Prime Minister of Great Britain Clement R. Attlee (July 30, 1945-November 15, 1946) ATTLEE TO TRUMAN November 1945 July 1945 0064 5 2 pp. 0001 30 2 pp. 0066 12 1 p. 0003 31 2 pp. 0067 13 1 p. 0068 2 1 p. August 1945 0069 5 1 p. 0005 1 2 pp. 0007 6 3 pp. January 1946 0010 8 2 pp. 0070 4 3 pp. 0012 11 3 pp. 0015 15 2 pp. February 1946 0017 16 2 pp. 0073 4 4 pp. 0019 17 1 p. 0077 7 1 p. 0020 18 3 pp. 0078 25 4 pp. 0023 19 2 pp. March 1946 September 1945 0082 22 1 p. 0025 1 5 pp. 0030 14 2 pp. April 1946 0032 16 3 pp. 0083 12 1 p. 0035 23 4 pp. 0084 16 5 pp. 0039 25 7 pp. 0046 26 2 pp. May 1946 0048 28 2 pp. 0089 10 5 pp. 0094 13 3 pp. October 1945 0097 15 1 p. 0050 1 1 p. 0098 19 2 pp. 0051 3 2 pp. 0101 27 3 pp. 0053 5 1 p. 0054 12 2 pp. June 1946 0056 13 2 pp. 0104 7 6 pp. 0058 17 2 pp. 0110 10 1 pp. 0060 19 2 pp. 0111 14 2pp. 0062 29 2 pp. 0113 26 2pp. July 1946 0171 20 2 pp. 0115 4 3pp. 0173 24 1 p. 0118 8 1 p. January 1946 0119 25 2pp. 0174 1 2 pp. August 1946 0176 5 1 p. 0121 9 2 pp. 0123 14 1 p. April 1946 0177 13 1 p. 0124 15 1 p. 0125 18 2 pp. May 1946 0179 8 2 pp. October 1946 0181 10 8 pp. 0127 4 1 p. 0189 13 1 p. 0128 5 2 pp. 0190 16 3 pp. November 1946 June 1946 0130 9 2 pp. 0193 5 4 pp. 0197 14 2 pp. TRUMAN TO ATTLEE July 1946 August 1945 0199 2 2 pp. 0132 7 4 pp. 0201 5 1 p. 0136 9 2 pp. 0138 11 4 pp. August 1946 0142 14 1 p. 0202 6 1 p. 0143 15 7 pp. 0203 12 7 pp. 0150 18 3 pp. April 1946 0153 31 3 pp.
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