Office of the Historian

740.0011 Moscow/97: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State (Stettinius)1

us urgent
Moscow, October 31, 1943—9 p.m.

1798. For the Acting Secretary from the Secretary.

At the request of the Ambassador and because of the increase in work here as a result (DelAm 472) of the Conference, I have decided to leave Bohlen here until the end of year. This would also make him available for the contemplated meeting. I therefore request that the necessary instructions be issued to him for assignment on a temporary basis for two months.3

  1. Sent by the Ambassador, Moscow, in the numerical series of the Embassy’s telegrams to the Department of State.↩
  2. Numeration of messages sent to the Department of State by the American Delegation to the Moscow Conference.↩
  3. On November 3, 1943, Bohlen was designated First Secretary of the Embassy at Moscow, for temporary duty, effective upon the termination of the Moscow Conference.↩