TELEGRAM
 
MOST SECRET                                SEPTEMBER 30, 1941
TO:  AMEMBASSY
 
     MOSCOW
 
 
     FROM THE PRESIDENT FOR HARRIMAN
 
     REPLYING TO YOUR 1720.  SUBJECT TO RESERVATIONS
 
INHERENT IN THE STRATEGIC SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
 
TANKS CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR DIVISION BETWEEN USSR AND
 
UK AT A MONTHLY AVERAGE OF THREE TIMES THE RATE PROPOSED
 
IN YOUR CABLE 1720 BASED ON RATE FOR JUNE IN YOUR CABLE
 
4459 OF SEPTEMBER 22 TO HOPKINS FOR FIRST SIX MONTHS AND
 
FIVE TIMES FOR SECOND SIX MONTHS.   YOU THEREFORE ARE
 
INSTRUCTED TO MAKE COMMITMENT FOR A MINIMUM NUMBER OF
 
TANKS TO THE USSR AS REQUESTED BY YOU AND ARE FURTHER
 
AUTHORIZED TO INCREASE THE COMMITMENT AFTER C0NSULTATION
 
WITH THE BRITISH, BEARING IN MIND THAT FIGURES I AM
 
GIVING YOU ARE FOR TOTAL EXPORT FROM THE UNITED STATES
 
INCLUDING BOTH BRITISH AND RUSSIANS.
 
        BASED ON SAFE RESERVATIONS AND WITHOUT COMMITMENTS
 
AS TO TYPES TO BE ALLOCATED, YOU MAY MAKE COMMITMENTS TO
 
PROVIDE RUSSIA WITH AIRPLANES TO A TOTAL BETWEEN
 
JULY 1, 1942 AND JULY 1, 1943 OF NINE TIMES RATE
 
PROPOSED FOR JULY IN CABLE 4459 OF SEPTEMBER 22 TO
 
 
HOPKINS.     OR ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE RATE PROPOSED
 
FOR JUNE MORE OR LESS MONTHLY.
 
                                      ROOSEVELT