VIA NAVY RADIO
 
                                                 OCTOBER 13, 1941
 
 TO:  AMERICAN EMBASSY
         MOSCOW
 
         FOR STALIN FROM THE PRESIDENT
 
         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 PR0MISED FOR OCTOBER ARE BEING SWIFTLY
 ASSEMBLED TO BE PLACED ON SHIPS.
 
       THREE SHIPS LEFT THE UNITED STATES YESTEDAY FOR
 RUSSIAN PORTS, EVERY EFFORT BEING MADE TO RUSH OTHER
 SUPPLIES.
 
             ROOSEVELT