AF This telegram must be Moscow closely paraphrased be- Dated August 15, 1941 fore being comunicated Rec'd 12:30 am; 16th to anyone. (SC) Secretary of State, Washington. TRIPLE PRIORI TY 1510, .August 15, 10 p.m. FOR THE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY, AND UNDER SECRETARY My 1508, August 15, 8 p.m., and 1509, August 15, 9 p.m. In reply to an inquiry as to whether he was satis- fied with the progress of the war, particularly in the Ukraine, Stalin replied that he was not (repeat not) satisfied and that the position in the Ukaraine "is very strained." After a pause, he added "today or tomorrow, the Soviet forces must leave Nikolaev." He remarked that the "German, Austrian, Italian, Hungarian and Rumanian troops are acting jointly against us in that area" and continued "there are at least three hundred divisions against our troops on the whole front." He then inquired of Crippps as to the position at Tobruk and asked specifically whether German or Italian troops |