Office of the Historian

093.612/59a

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador of the Soviet Union (Gromyko)

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to His Excellency the Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and has the honor to transmit herewith a receipt for the Soviet decorations which were awarded and received on April 11, 1944.40

These decorations are being forwarded to the War and Navy Departments and to the Maritime Commission for delivery to the recipients.

Washington , April 17, 1944.
  1. The presentation of the Soviet awards to members of the United States Armed Forces and Merchant Marine took place at a ceremony in the Chinese Room of the Mayflower Hotel in Washington on April 11, 1944. The list of the recipients (which included General Eisenhower), the remarks by Ambassador Gromyko, and the reply by Secretary of State Hull are printed in Department of State Bulletin, April 15, 1944, pp. 347–349.↩