Office of the Historian

300.115(39) City of Flint/34: Telegram

The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, October 26, 1939—midnight.
[Received October 26—6:20 p.m.]

808. My 807, October 26, 11 a.m. [p.m.]. The Soviet radio at 11:30 p.m., announced that after examination of her cargo the naval authorities have decided to release the City of Flint on condition that she leave the port of Murmansk immediately.

Steinhardt