Office of the Historian

Discussions relating to policies and problems, and missions concerned with the prosecution of the war, between the United States and the Soviet Union, at times with British participation

British-Soviet Negotiations far a Treaty of Alliance; Problem of Agreement to the Extent of the Western Frontiers of the Soviet Union; General Greely Military Mission to the Soviet Union; Visit of Molotov to London and Washington; Problem of a Second Front in Western Europe; Internment of an American Bomber Crew in the Soviet Union; Treatment of Merchant Seamen in the Northern Ports of the Soviet Union; Mission of General Bradley: Alaska-Siberia Airplane Ferry; Prime Minister Churchill’s Conversations in Moscow with Stalin; Visit of Wendell L. Willkie in the Soviet Union; Mission of General Adler: Proposed Bomber Aid in the Caucasus; Early Inquiries to Arrange a Meeting of the Three Leaders; Visits of General Hurley to Battle Fronts

[453] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 26, 1942—6 p.m.
[Received 10:52 p.m.]

740.0011 European War 1939/21221: Telegram

[454] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley)

Washington, May 2, 1942—6 p.m.

740.0011 Pacific War/2378: Telegram

[455] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State

Kuibyshev (Moscow), May 3, 1942—8 p.m.
[Received May 3—5:15 p.m.]

740.0011 European War 1939/21378: Telegram

[456] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, May 4, 1942—1 p.m.
[Received May 4—12:13 p.m.]

740.0011 European War 1939/21385: Telegram

[457] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley)

Washington, May 6, 1942—1 p.m.

861.24/907: Telegram

[458] The Secretary of State to the Minister in Iran (Dreyfus)

Washington, May 6, 1942—11 p.m.

861.20/546: Telegram

[459] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State

Kuibyshev (Moscow), May 7, 1942—5 p.m.
[Received May 8—8:01 a.m.]

740.0011 European War 1939/21469: Telegram

[460] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, May 7, 1942—11 p.m.
[Received May 7—6:05 p.m.]

740.0011 European War 1939/21461: Telegram

[461] The President of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union (Stalin) to President Roosevelt

[Moscow ], May 15, 1942.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y. The President informed Secretary of State Hull of this message on May 20.

[462] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, May 21, 1942—6 p.m.
[Received May 21—1:45 p.m.]

741.6111/32: Telegram

[463] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, May 24, 1942—midnight.
[Received May 25—7 a.m.]

741.6111/33: Telegram

[464] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State

Kuibyshev (Moscow) May 25, 1942—3 p.m.
[Received 8:50 p.m.]

740.0011 Pacific war/2485: Telegram

[465] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, May 25, 1942—5 p.m.
[Received 12:32 p.m.]

741.6111/34: Telegram

[466] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] May 26, 1942.

740.0011 European War 1939/21804

[467] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, May 26, 1942—7 p.m.
[Received May 26—2:55 p.m.]

741.6111/35: Telegram

[468] Memorandum of Conference Held at the White House, by Mr. Samuel H. Cross, Interpreter

I. Friday, May 29, 1942, 4:30 p.m. 24

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y. Samuel H. Cross, who interpreted for President Roosevelt during these conferences, was Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature at Harvard University.

[469] Memorandum of Conference Held at the White House, by Mr. Harry L. Hopkins, Special Assistant to President Roosevelt

May 29, 1942 (4:45 p.m.—6:15 p.m.)

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.

[470] Memorandum of Conference Held at the White House, by Mr. Harry L. Hopkins, Special Assistant to President Roosevelt

May 29, 1942.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.

[471] Memorandum of Conference Held at the White House, by Mr. Samuel H. Cross, Interpreter

Saturday, May 30, 1942, 11 A.M.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.

[472] Memorandum of Conference Held at the White House, by Mr. Samuel H. Cross, Interpreter

Monday, June 1, 1942, 10:30 a.m.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.

[474] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] June 3, 1942.

711.61/853

[475] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State

Kuibyshev (Moscow), June 3, 1942—11 a.m.
[Received 8:45 p.m.]

861.5151/195: Telegram

[476] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, June 3, 1942—8 p.m.
[Received June 3—2:50 p.m.]

741.6111/37: Telegram

[477] President Roosevelt to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)

[Washington,] June 6, 1942.

Copy of telegram obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.

[478] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State

Kuibyshev (Moscow), June 8, 1942—5 p.m.
[Received 5:07 p.m.]

740.0011 European War 1039/22505: Telegram

[479] Memorandum by Mr. Harry L. Hopkins, Special Assistant to President Roosevelt

Washington, June 9, 1942.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.

[480] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State

Kuibyshev (Moscow), June 9, 1942—3 p.m.
[Received 6:50 p.m.]

861.5151/197: Telegram

[481] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] June 11, 1942.

741.6111/21

[482] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley)

Washington, June 11, 1942—7 p.m.

740.0011 European War 1939/22506a: Telegram

  1. For a memorandum of this conference by Mr. Harry L. Hopkins, see p. 571.↩