Office of the Historian

811.79661/75: Telegram

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

Moscow, July 3, 1943—noon.
[Received July 5—3:45 p.m.]

796. Department’s 490, June 28, 9 p.m. I informed Molotov yesterday of the desire of my Government to enter into a formal agreement with a view to establishing a Moscow-Tehran-Washington air service with definite scheduled flights and left with him a memorandum containing the proposals set forth in my 648 of June 12 as amended by the Department’s telegram under reference. Molotov stated he [Page 674] would cause the matter to be studied and communicate again with me.97

Standley
  1. The Assistant Chief of the Division of European Affairs, Loy W. Henderson, in a memorandum of July 30, addressed to Assistant Secretary of State Berle, recommended that “before proceeding to negotiate with the Soviet Government with a view to the establishment of an American commercial air service into the Soviet Union, it would be advisable to await Molotov’s reply to Ambassador Standley’s memorandum of July 2 as well as the results of the studies with respect to the Alsib route at present being carried on by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.” (811.79661/96)↩