711.6111/1: Telegram
The People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (Molotov) to President Roosevelt 68
Before returning to my country I allow myself once more to express to you, Mr. President, the great satisfaction I feel in having reached a full understanding concerning the urgent tasks connected with the creation of a second front in Europe in 1942 for speeding up the rout of Hitlerite Germany, and concerning co-operation of our countries in the post-war period in the interests of all freedom-loving peoples.
Please accept my sincere gratitude for the cordial reception and hospitality offered to us by you, Mr. President, and the Government of the United States of America, and my best wishes to you personally and to the people of the United States of America.
- The translation of this telegram was sent on June 13, 1942, to Secretary of State Hull by Ambassador Litvinov. It was transmitted to President Roosevelt on June 17.↩