Office of the Historian

Moscow Embassy Files: Lot F–96

The American Chargé in the Soviet Union (Henderson) to the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (Molotov)

No. L–17
Moscow, October 26, 1942.

Excellency: I have the honor to inform you that I have been instructed to transmit the following message dated October 24, from President Roosevelt to Premier Stalin.51

“I have just received from Admiral Standley your personal note, a copy of which you had previously sent me. The Ambassador has also given me a very full report of his views on the situation in the Soviet Union. He confirms reports we have already received of the fighting qualities and strength of the Soviet Army and the urgent need of the supplies which you have indicated. These needs I fully recognize.”

Accept [etc.]

For the Chargé d’Affaires:
Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr.

Secretary of Embassy
  1. Stalin thanked the President for this message through the Secretary of Embassy at Moscow on October 28.↩