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This telegram must be                        Moscow
closely paraphrased be-                      Dated August 15, 1941
fore being communicated                      Rec'd 12:30 a.m., 16th
to anyone.   (br) 
 
Secretary of State,
       Washington.
 
 
     TRIPLE PRIORITY
 
     1509, August 15, 9 p.m.
 
     "On August 15 Mr. L. Steinhardt, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the United States of America, and Mr. S. Cripps, the Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of England, made a joint call on Mr. I. V. Stalin and transmitted to him a message
from Mr. Roosevelt, the President of the United States of America, and Mr. Churchill, the Prime
Minister of Great Britain.
 
         (At this point the full text of the joint message appears. )
 
        Mr. Stalin on behalf of the peoples of the Soviet Unionz and of the Soviet Government,
requested Mr. Steinhardt and Mr. S. Cripps to transmit to President Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill sincere thanks for their readiness to assist the U.S.S.R. in its 'war for liberty against
Hitlerite Germany.
 
Mr. Stalin declared that he welcomes the proposal of
 
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