1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
1879- 1953
1887- 1975
East Asia
1891- 1986
1894- 1971
1894- 1972
China
June 11, 1944
Harriman relays Stalin's concerns about the Chinese and Sino-Soviet relations in Outer Mongolia.
July 1, 1945
Harriman reports on a conversation with Chinese Minister Soong about his meeting with Stalin. Soong reports that China and the USSR wish to establish close ties; Harriman encourages Soong on this point.
June 30, 1945
Stalin and Chinese Minister Soong discuss the necessity of warm relations between China and the Soviet Union; Stalin pledges to support China's position.
July 1945
Harriman reports on Chiang Kai-Shek and Stalin's bartering over the status of Outer Mongolia. Chiang refuses to recognize its independence now, but offers to hold a plebiscite after the war.