760m.6111/39: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State
Moscow, October
13, 1939—2 p.m.
[Received October 13—9:50 a.m.]
[Received October 13—9:50 a.m.]
737. The Soviet press reports the ratification by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet yesterday of the Soviet-Lithuanian pact.52 A report from Tallinn announces the arrival of three Soviet warships in the port of Tallinn. The arrival of a Latvian trade delegation in Moscow yesterday is also reported. The press continues to publish favorable comment from the Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, and German press in regard to the recently concluded treaties between Soviet Union and the Baltic States.
Repeated to Riga.
Steinhardt
- The pact was ratified by Lithuania on October 14, 1939, and the exchange of ratifications was arranged to take place in Kaunas on October 16.↩