Roosevelt Papers: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the President 1
[Received 16 December.]
Personal and Secret for the President from Harriman.
Supplementing my . . . [telegram of December 14] sent last night reporting on my talk with Stalin about the place of the proposed meeting although Stalin definitely left the door open for consideration of the Mediterranean I do not feel too optimistic that he will finally agree to go there. It was my definite impression however that he wanted to accede to your request and he spoke rather regretfully when he said he would have to consult his doctors again.
He brought the subject of the meeting up himself and indicated that he was anxious to have it take place promptly after the inauguration.
- Sent by the United States Naval Attaché, Moscow, via Navy channels.↩