861.24/1704: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)
1206. Personal for Ambassador from Under Secretary. I have discussed with Harry42 the question of talks with Soviet officials on American participation in postwar reconstruction referred to in your 1880, November 9, 11 a.m. He knows of no discussions on this subject.
Don Nelson43 told me he had touched on this question with Stalin and had discussed it at length with you. He added that he had the [Page 788] impression you were in favor of his ideas. He assured me, however, that he had not discussed the question with the Soviets here, but he has written a memorandum44 to the President on the subject.
I am keeping this question in mind and will inform you of any further developments. [Stettinius.]
- Harry L. Hopkins.↩
- Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board, discussed postwar reconstruction problems with Foreign Minister Molotov on October 12 and with Premier Stalin on October 15; for details of these conversations, see memoranda of October 12 and October 16 by the Chargé in the Soviet Union, pp. 710 and 713, respectively. Regarding discussions on this subject at the Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference in October, see telegram No. 1837, November 4, from the Ambassador in the Soviet Union, p. 586.↩
- Not found in Department files or in the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park, N.Y.↩