700.00116 M.E./281
The Ambassador of the Soviet Union (Umansky) to the Under Secretary of State (Welles)
My Dear Mr. Under Secretary: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your note of January 21, 1941 in which you inform me that the Government of the United States of America has decided that the policies set forth in the statement issued to the press by the President on December 2, 1939, and generally referred to as the “moral embargo”, are no longer applicable to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and that this decision is being communicated to interested American manufacturers and exporters.
I have taken note of the above communication and will not fail to report its contents to my Government.
I am [etc.]