Malta & Crimea Conferences (ARGONAUT)

The President’s Chief of Staff to the First Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Soviet Army

Yalta, 7 February 1945
Top secret

My Dear General Antonov: The U.S. Chiefs of Staff desire to meet with the Soviet Chiefs for a most secret discussion tomorrow, Thursday, February 8 at 3 P.M. at the Russian headquarters. No one to be present but the Chiefs of Staff and one interpreter, your Russian interpreter being satisfactory for our purpose.

For the U.S. Chiefs of Staff:
WILLIAM D. LEAHY
Fleet Admiral, USN