Office of the Historian

093.613/5–1945: Telegram

The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, May 19, 1945.
[Received May 19—12:22 p.m.]

1666. Today’s press published on front page Ukase of USSR Supreme Soviet awarding Order of Lenin to former US Ambassador to Soviet Union Joseph E. Davies95 “for successful activity contributing [Page 852] to strengthening of friendly Soviet-American relations and fostering growth of mutual understanding and confidence among peoples of both countries”.

[Kennan]

[Certain documentation on the Mission of Harry L. Hopkins, Adviser and Assistant to President Truman, to Moscow between May 26 and June 7, 1945, is printed in Foreign Relations, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, volume I, pages 21–62. Additional material, particularly concerned with Polish problems, is printed ante, pages 299–335, passim.]

  1. Mr. Davies was Ambassador to the Soviet Union during parts of the years 1937 and 1938.↩