Message to H. Truman (Correspondence Vol. 2, No. 311)

Your message about announcing V.-E. Day reached me on May 5. I agree with your proposal for the three of us - you, Mr Churchill and myself - simultaneously making an appropriate statement. Mr. Churchill suggests 3 p.m. British Double Summer Time, which corresponds to 4 p.m. Moscow Time and 9 a.m. Washington Time. I have notified Mr Churchill that this hour suits the U.S.S.R.

May 6, 1945