701.6111/1179: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley)
Washington, May 1,
1943—10 p.m.
275. Your 374 [371], April 30, 11 a.m.60 Litvinoff is officially returning to Moscow for consultation with his Government. He is leaving Madame Litvinoff here in the United States. In private conversations with members of the Department he has expressed disillusionment with the fact that he is at an important post with little work to do since his Government has neither sent him any instructions nor kept him informed of its policies.
Hull
- Not printed; it reported that Litvinov’s return had been announced in Moscow and inquired whether the Department knew why he was returning.↩