Office of the Historian

861.24/893a: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

Washington, March 18, 1942—noon.

1116. For Harriman from Hopkins. “President ordering ships be made available to meet full Russian Protocol regardless of any other shipping commitments.

He has also ordered raw materials and semi-finished materials released to Russia at the earliest possible moment. The difficulties involved in these instructions are very substantial and in effect mean [Page 699] the Russian Protocol must be completed in preference to any other phase of our war program.”76

Welles
  1. An identical message for Brig. Gen. Philip R. Faymonville was sent to the Embassy at Moscow at the same time (861.24/893b).↩