740.0011 European War 1939/24908: Telegram
The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Henderson) to the Secretary of State
Kuibyshev (Moscow), October 16, 1942—5 p.m.
[Received October 17—1:45 p.m.]
[Received October 17—1:45 p.m.]
899. Embassy’s 874, October 10, 5 p.m. Pravda of October 14 carries an announcement that the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has extended to the Navy the application of its ukaze of October 9, 1942 regarding the establishment of full unity of command and the abolition of the institution of military commissar in the Red Army.
Henderson