Potsdam Conference (TERMINAL)

Byrnes-Churchill conversation, morning

Present
United States United Kingdom
Secretary Byrnes Prime Minister Churchill

Churchill: “Mr. Byrnes told me this morning that he had cabled to T. V. Soong advising him not to give way on any point to the Russians, but to return to Moscow and keep on negotiating pending further developments.

“It is quite clear that the United States do not at the present time desire Russian participation in the war against Japan.”