Office of the Historian

861.24/651: Telegram

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

Moscow, October 1, 1941—6 p.m.
[Received October 1—4:40 p.m.]

1742. For the President from Harriman. Beaverbrook and I came to an understanding with Stalin last night. A memorandum covering our understanding has been agreed to by the members of your mission and all others concerned.96

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Our part of the agreement is to make available to the Soviet Government supplies within the list of materials which we have been authorized to offer.

We have agreed in addition to consider sympathetically a long list of additional raw materials which as to types and quantities seem to us to be reasonable in most cases and which we will recommend be added. On transportation we made no commitment but have offered to help.

Beaverbrook for the British has made enormous sacrifices.

We have closed the conference today in an atmosphere of great enthusiasm by all who participated.97 Stalin personally is much gratified and sends you his personal thanks.

Steinhardt has been most helpful and joins me in sending you affectionate regards. [Harriman.]

Steinhardt
  1. See telegram No. 1753, October 3, 6 p.m., from the Ambassador in the Soviet Union, p. 841.↩
  2. The address made by W. Averell Harriman at the close of the conference, as translated from the Russian press release, is printed in Department of State Bulletin, November 8, 1941, p. 364.↩