OCTOBER 13, 1941
 
TO:AMERICAN  EMBASSY
       LONDON
 
       FOR  HARRY FROM HOPKINS
       THE  PRESIDENT TODAY SENT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO
  STALIN.
        WE  ARE SHIPPING OCTOBER 94 LIGHT TANKS AND 72
MEDIUM 32-TON TANKS WITH SPARE PARTS AND AMMUNITION.
MOST OF THESE WILL LEAVE THE UNITED STATES BY 
OCTOBER 15.
        WE  ARE SHIPPING 100 BOMBERS AND 100 OF OUR NEWEST
FIGHTER  PLANES WITH SPARE PARTS AND AMMUNITION. THESE
WILL BE PLACED ON SHIPS DURING THE NEXT TEN DAYS.
        WE ARE SHIPPING 5500 TRUCKS DURING OCTOBER AND
LARGE AMOUNTS OF BARBED WIRE. ALL OTHER MILITARY 
SUPPLIES WE PROMISED FOR OCTOBER ARE BEING SWIFTLY 
ASSEMBLED TO BE PLACED ON SHIPS.
        THREE SHIPS LEFT THE UNITED STATES YESTERDAY FOR
RUSSIAN PORTS. EVERY EFFORT BEING MADE TO RUSH OTHER
SUPPLIES.
                                                        HOPKINS