U.S. NAVAL COMMUNICATION SERVICE SRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FROM: OPNAV 161805 BLACK 43 TO: THE PRESIDENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOR THE PRESIDENT AT SEA. STEINHARDT REPORTS THAT ONE HE AND CRIPPS DELIVERED THE MESSAGE TO STALIN AND MOLOTOV THE EVENING OF AUGUST FIFTEENTH. TWO STALIN REQUESTED US TO TRANSMIT ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE SOVIET UNION QUOTE HIS GREAT THANKS FOR THE READINESS OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL TO RENDER HELP TO THE SOVIET UNION IN ITS WAR OF FREEDOM AGAINST HITLERISM UNQUOTE AND ADDED THAT HE WAS READY TO FACILITATE THE MEETING OF AMERICAN, BRITISH AND SOVIET REPRESENTATIVES. THREE STALIN THEREUPON DICTATED TO YOU AND CHURCHILL THE MESSAGE WHICH HAS APPEARED IN FULL IN THE PRESS X FOUR STALIN STATED THAT HE WAS NOT SATISFIED WITHT HE PROGRESS OF THE WAR; THAT THE UKRAINE SITUATION WAS QUOTE THAT SOVIET FORCES MUST LEAVE NIKOLAEV QUOTE TODAY OR TOMORROW UNQUOTE AND THAT ALTHOUGH GERMAN LOSSES HAVE BEEN HEAVY QUOTE THEY HAVE MORE PLANS AND TANKS THAN WE UNQUOTE 1925/A1 8290 16 AUGUST 1941 |