DRAFT                 -2-
 
FROM THE PRESIDENT TO MR. STALIN   (cont)
 
this end.
 
     I have had a good talk with Litvinev and I fully appreciate 
all of your immediate problems.
 
     Again I want to tell you of the real enthusiasm throughout 
the United States for the progress your armies are making in the
defense of your great nation. 
 
     I venture to hope that the preliminary conferences I have 
outlined for this coming week may lead to the establishment of a
more permanent organisation to plan our efforts.
 
     Hopkins and I send our warm personal regards.
 
 
                    FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT