740.0011 European War 1039/22505: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State
Kuibyshev (Moscow), June 8, 1942—5 p.m.
[Received 5:07 p.m.]
[Received 5:07 p.m.]
501. Yesterday I received from Thompson a close paraphrase of Opnav’s61 telegram to Duncan, as follows:
“From the President to Mr. Stalin.
I greatly appreciate your sending Mr. Molotov to see me and I shall anxiously await the news of his safe arrival.
We had a very satisfactory visit. Roosevelt.”
I handed Vyshinski a personal letter today conveying the substance of this message and he promised to transmit it to Moscow immediately.
Standley
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.↩