Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1943, The British Commonwealth, Eastern Europe, the Far East, Volume III

740.00119 European War 1939/1583: Telegram

The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, August 17, 1943—3 p.m.
[Received August 18—9:07 a.m.]

1103. Your 672, August 11, 3 p.m.¹⁵ I informed Molotov last evening of the possibility of a Finnish peace approach. Molotov remarked that Finns should have made this move long ago and added that there was no use for the present Finnish Government to approach the Soviet Government.

Standley

15. Not printed; it instructed the Ambassador to inform Foreign Commissar Molotov of a possible approach by Finland to the Soviet Government for peace negotiations (740.00119 European War 1939/1582a).