- Letter, dated September 12, 1948, by Philip Johnston to President
Harry S. Truman, charging that the Berlin Crisis is, "an outgrowth of your
own incredible stupidity." The letter, from the Official File, has an
attached Lost Angeles Times article, dated September 12, 1948, and titled
"West Can Pull Out of Berlin Proudly."(2
pages)
- Letter, dated September 28, 1948, by U.S. Air Force Colonel R.B.
Landry to Presidential secretary Matthew J. Connelly. In the letter, from
the Official File, Landry writes that he saw nothing on his trip to
Berlin worth immediately reporting to President Harry S. Truman. (1 page)
- Statement, dated October 9, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman
following General Marshall's return from Paris. The statement relates in
general terms the tenor of Marshall's report to him on progress in the
United Nations concerning the Berlin Crisis. (3
pages)
- Three memoranda, dated October 13, 1948, October 21, 1948, and
November 4, 1948, and a letter dated November 10, 1948. The first
memorandum mentions that President Harry S. Truman was notified in writing
of a Washington Daily News article critical of Truman for not sending
Chief Justice Fred Vinson to Russia to help resolve the Berlin Crisis. The
second memorandum recaps a number of events related to the situation in
Berlin, including authorization for additional "C-54 type" aircraft to be
used as part of the Berlin Airlift. The third memorandum relates to a
congratulatory telegram from M.L. Dahanukar, Sheriff of Bombay, India, to
President Harry S. Truman on his election victory. The final document, a
letter from Joseph C. Lewis to Truman, suggests that Truman name General
Douglas MacArthur as his on-the-ground representative in Germany to handle
the Berlin Crisis. (4 pages)
- Telegram, dated November 13, 1948, by U.N. General Assembly
President Herbert V. Evatt to President Harry S. Truman. The telegram,
from the Official File, notifies Truman that that Evatt and the United
Nations Secretary General are giving the chairman of the U.S. delegation a
communication for Truman. The communication urges the President to
implement a U.N. General Assembly resolution appealing to France, Britain,
the US, and USSR to renew their efforts to resolve the Berlin Crisis. (1 page)
- Letter, dated December 4, 1948, by Arthur B. Baer to President
Harry S. Truman, suggesting that the Berlin situation be reconciled
under the auspices of the United Nations. Baer suggests that the U.N.
withdraw the US and USSR from Germany and bring in several smaller nations
to govern it. The letter, from the Official File, has an attached December
17, 1948 thank you note from Presidential Secretary William D. Hassett to
Baer. (2 pages)
- Translation of a document, dated May 14, 1949, by Argentine Foreign
Affairs Minister Juan Atilio Bramuglia to President Harry S. Truman,
thanking Truman for crediting Bramuglia for his actions at the United
Nations Security Council and congratuling Truman for resolution of the
Berlin Crisis. The document, from the Official File, includes the
original, untranslated version of the letter.(3
pages)
- Telegram, dated October 27, 1948, by Congressman
Preston E. Peden to President Harry S. Truman, urging Truman to act in
removing the Berlin blockade and sending supplies into occupied Berlin. (1 page)
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Telegram, dated November 17, 1948, by J. Frank, et. al to President
Harry S. Truman (1 page)
- Telegram, dated June 25, 1948, by Alfred M. Bingham, et. al. to
President Harry S. Truman, urging Truman to declare that short of war the
U.S. will remain in Berlin and maintain supplies for the German people (2 pages)
- Letter, dated July 26, 1948, by Matthew J. Connelly, Secretary to
President Harry S. Truman to the mayor of Toledo, Ohio, Michael V.
Disalle. Attached is also Disalle's July 17, 1948 telegram to President
Truman proposing that the Red Cross be invited, through the United
Nations, to aid the people of Berlin. Additional documents relating to the
Disalle/Truman correspondence are included. (8
pages)
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Letters and memoranda, from July 21, 1948 through October 22, 1948.
(7 pages)
1) The first, dated July 21, 1948, refers to the Secretary of the Army a
resolution by the Greater Miami Aviation Association.
2) The second, a
telegram dated September 6, 1948 from R.C. Jefferis to President Harry S.
Truman, suggests that the United States might use tear gas and other means
to quell rioting in Berlin.
3 & 4) The fourth document, a June 30, 1948,
letter from Matthew Woll, Chairman of the International Labor Relations
Department, Free Trade Union Committee, American Federation of Labor, to
Truman, urges Truman to strengthen the U.S. stand at Berlin. A July 2,
1948 reply from Truman thanks Woll for his letter.
5 & 6) The sixth document, an October 13, 1948 letter from C.E. Scott,
President of the Long Beach (Calif.) Chamber of Commerce to President
Harry S. Truman, recommends that the United States stand up to the USSR
over Berlin while at the same time using all diplomatic means to resolve
the crisis. An October 22, 1948 reply from Presidential Secretary Matthew
J. Connelly thanks Scott for his letter.
- Telegram, dated August 18, 1948, by A K Wright to President Harry
S. Truman, blaming George C. Marshall for the state of US/USSR relations
and recommending that France, Britain, the US and the USSR negotiate a
solution to the Berlin Crisis. The telegram, from the Official File, also
suggests that the US should maintain a presence in Berlin until an
agreement can be negotiated.(2 pages)
- Letter, dated September 11, 1948, by Socialist Party presidential
candidate Norman Thomas to President Harry S. Truman, notifying Truman of
a pending speech, in which Thomas says that he will propose that the US
government put before the United Nations General Assembly the actions, in
Berlin and elsewhere, by which the USSR menaces peace in the world. (4 pages)
- Telegram, dated September 27, 1948, by Richard Minasian
to President Harry S. Truman, asking Truman to clarify the magnitude of
the crisis in Berlin. (1 page)