MEMORANDUM
 
   CONFERENCE AT THE KREMLIN ON JULY 30, 1941
                                   6:30 TO 8:30 P.M.
 
      BETWEEN HARRY L. HOPKINS AND MR. STALIN
 
    ALSO PRESENT WERE AMBASSADOR STEINHAHDT 
       AND MR. REINHARDT, AMERICAN INTERPRETER
 
          I told Mr. Stalin that I came as personal repre-
sentative of the President. The President considered 
Hitler the enemy of mankind and that he therefore wished 
to aid the Soviet Union in its fight against Germany.
 
          I told him that my mission was not a diplomatic one 
in the sense that I did not propose any formal under-
standing of any kind or character.
 
          I expressed to him the President's belief that the 
most important thing to be done in the world today was 
to defeat Hitler and Hitlerism. I impressed upon him 
the determination of the President and our Government 
to extend all possible aid to the Soviet Union at the 
earliest possible time.
 
          I told Mr. Stalin that I had certain personal mes-
sages from the President and explained my relationship 
to the Admimistration in Washington. I told him further 
that I just left Mr. Churchill in London who wished me to 
convey to him the sentiments which I had already ex-
pressed from the President.
 
          Mr. Stalin said he welcomed me to the Soviet Union; 
that he had already been informed of my visit.
 
     Describing Hitler and Germany, Mr. Stalin spoke
of the necessity of there being a minimum moral standard 
between all nations and without such a minimum moral