Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1945, Europe, Volume V

861.24/5–1145

Memorandum by President Truman to the Acting Secretary of State (Grew) and the Foreign Economic Administrator (Crowley)

Washington, May 11, 1945.

I approve the policy of lend-lease supplies to the U.S.S.R. recommended in your memorandum of May 11, 1945. In carrying out the policy, you should, until further notice, proceed on the assumption that the U.S.S.R. will enter into the war against Japan.

Harry S. Truman