700.00116 M.E./89

Memorandum by President Roosevelt for the Secretary of State

I note in Steinhardt’s cable No. 24, January 5, 1940, that long distance calls can no longer be made from the Embassy in Moscow except by personal appearance at the central telephone station.40

I am wondering whether we might apply the same rule to the Russian Embassy here—or at least tell Oumansky we are thinking of doing it. What is sauce for the goose might well be sauce for him too!

F[ranklin] D. R[oosevelt]
  1. The Ambassador in the Soviet Union reported in his telegram No. 68, January 20, 11 a.m., that the Embassy’s long distance telephone service had been restored (124.61/146).