861.20211/3–2746
The Secretary of State to the Chargé of the Soviet Union (Novikov)
The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and informs him that in compliance with an exchange of letters between the President of the United States and the Soviet Ambassador [Commissar for Foreign Affairs] on November 16, 1933 relative to the legal protection of nationals of the United States and the Soviet Union Lieutenant Nicolai Gregorovich Redin, a Soviet national, on March 26, 1946 was placed under arrest at Portland, Oregon by the appropriate American authorities.
Lieutenant Redin was arrested on a complaint filed at Seattle, Washington on March 26, 1946, charging him with violation of the Espionage Statutes, Title 50, Section 31A, United States Code.
In compliance with the provisions of the above mentioned exchange of letters the appropriate American authorities are informing the Soviet Consul General, San Francisco, California, of the arrest of Lieutenant Redin.