Office of the Historian

893.24/11–244

Memorandum by President Roosevelt to the Secretary of State

Washington, November 2, 1944.

As you know, the Russians have recently granted us permission to transport 500 trucks across Russia to China. I recommend that you personally cable Marshal Stalin,29 asking permission to transport a further 500 trucks per month over Russian territory for China.

F[ranklin] D. R[oosevelt]
  1. Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, Chairman of the Council of Commissars of the Soviet Union.↩