COPY
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON
February 23, 1942
Dear Harry:
I have made no change whatever in this message and I am consequently returning it to you
for the President's files.
I handed a copy of it this afternoon to Mr. Litvinov who assured me that he would send it
directly to Stalin. I have transmitted the message through the Soviet Ambassador since in that
way it will reach Stalin much quicker than if we sent it through our own Embassy in Kuibyshev.
Believe me
Yours very sincerely,
/s/ SUMNER WELLES
The Honorable
Harry L. Hopkins
The White House.