Office of the Historian

711.6111/1: Telegram

The President of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union (Stalin) to President Roosevelt 69

[Moscow,] June 12, 1942.

The Soviet Government shares your view, Mr. President, as to the satisfactory results of Mr. V. M. Molotov’s visit to the United States.

I take this opportunity to thank you, Mr. President, on behalf of the Soviet Government, for the cordial hospitality offered to Mr. Molotov and his staff during their sojourn in the United States.

Mr. V. M. Molotov has safely returned to Moscow today.

  1. This telegram was sent on June 13, 1942, by Ambassador Litvinov to Secretary of State Hull for President Roosevelt, to whom it was transmitted on June 17.↩