Office of the Historian

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the President1

secret
Moscow, 20 December 1943.

Personal and secret for the President from Harriman.

At the Teheran Conference you and the Prime Minister agreed that the Italian ships requested by the Soviets should be delivered on one February.2 Request that I be informed of the action taken to carry out this commitment as I shall undoubtedly be queried by Molotov at a meeting with him scheduled for Friday or Saturday3 to discuss unfinished business of Teheran.

  1. Sent by the United States Naval Attaché Moscow, via Navy channels.↩
  2. See ante, p. 597.↩
  3. December 24 or 25.↩