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The Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs (Litvinov) to President Roosevelt
My Dear Mr. President: On leaving the United States I feel it a great pleasure respectfully to convey to you my feelings of high esteem as well as gratitude for the many tokens of attention and friendship you have been good enough to show me during my stay in Washington.
I also wish hereby to thank the whole Executive and its various organs for their courtesies and cares.
I avail myself of this opportunity to express once more my firm conviction that the official linking of our two countries by the exchange of notes between you, Mr. President, and myself will be of great benefit to our two countries and will also be conducive to the strengthening and preservation of peace between nations toward which our countries are sincerely striving. I believe that their joint efforts will add a creative factor in international affairs which will be beneficial to mankind.
Believe me to be, my dear Mr. President, with the best wishes for the well being of yourself, your family and of your great country,
Yours very sincerely,