861.51/2953: Telegram
The Third Secretary of Embassy in the Soviet Union (Reinhardt) to the Secretary of State
Kuibyshev (Moscow), April 18,
1942—3 p.m.
[Received April 18—1:54 p.m.]
[Received April 18—1:54 p.m.]
318. Reference Embassy’s 316, April 15.72 The Soviet press of April 17 publishes an announcement that the 1942 National Defense Loan was over-subscribed within 2 days. Former loans have usually required from 1 to 4 weeks until fully subscribed.
Repeated to Moscow.
Reinhardt
- Not printed; this telegram reported that the loan was announced on April 14, in the amount of 10 billion rubles for a term of 20 years (861.51/2950).↩