Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, Europe, Volume IV

740.00112 European War 1939/8–1844: Telegram

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

Moscow, August 18, 1944—4 p.m.
[Received 6:55 p.m.]

3056. In a letter dated August 18, Vyshinski⁴¹ referring to my two communications of August 11 and 16 respectively,⁴² states that the Soviet Government supports the initiative of the American and British Governments in relation to the actions they have indicated “which have as their object impelling Sweden radically to change its policy in relation to Germany.” He states that the Soviet Government “also supports the proposal of the American and British Governments in relation to the cessation of all Swedish trade with Germany and its Allies in Europe, in the North as well as in the Baltic Seas.” He further stated that the Soviet Minister in Stockholm has been instructed to support the appropriate joint démarche of the British and American Ministers there.

My communication of August 11 related to the proposed joint message to the Swedish Government. The communication of August 16 related to the proposed warning against permitting Swedish shipping to fall into enemy hands.

Sent to the Department as 3056 and repeated to London as No. 146 and to Stockholm.

Harriman

41. Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky, First Assistant People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union.
42. See telegram 2953, August 11, 10 p.m., from Moscow, and paragraph 1 of telegram 6466, August 16, 7 p.m., to London, pp. 608 and 609, respectively.