Mr. W. Averell Harriman, Special Representative of the President, to President Roosevelt 24
[Received 2:14 p.m.]
We dined in force at Kremlin last night. All members of Soviet Defence Committee as well as a number of members of General Staff were present.
Stalin was in best of spirits and was most cordial to Prime Minister and myself. He seemed to be entirely oblivious of the unpleasant discussions of night before. Prime Minister, however, arrived still somewhat annoyed from rough treatment he had received but as evening progressed he became more and more interested in his talks with Stalin which ranged from theories of military tactics to post-war policies. He spoke in some detail of sending an air squadron to Southern Front and indicated that it was a subject you had in mind too, if it were feasible.
I expect you will hear from Prime Minister on this subject.
- Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y. This telegram was sent through the Naval Attaché in Moscow.↩