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       Mr. Molotov replied that, of course, the Soviet 
Union's requirements for war material must of necessity 
adversely affect delivery to China; that while they do 
not wish to cut them off entirely and would continue to 
give everything they could, the necessities of their 
own situation required them to divert the Chinese 
supplies to their own battle line. Molotov expressed 
the hope that the United States would increase its own 
deliveries to make good the deficiency caused by 
Germany's attack on the Soviet Union.
 
       I told Mr. Molotov that the Americen people were 
impressed by the gallant defense of the Soviet Army and 
assured him of the desire of the President to render 
every possible aid in the terms of materials to the 
Soviet Union as speedily as possible.
 
       Mr. Molotov asked me to convey the Soviet Govern-
ment's thanks to the President for sending his personal 
representative on this mission to Moscow.