196.6/1454: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Soviet Union (Henderson)
Washington, December
15, 1942—8 p.m.
414. Your 1070, December 9, 5 p.m. The proposal to furnish gratuities of rubles to American crews is acceptable to the War Shipping Administration which recommends that the gratuities be limited to 1,000 rubles for each officer and 400 rubles for each seaman, with further recommendation that officers and seamen in need of additional funds be permitted to purchase such funds at the official rate of exchange.
The Department believes it desirable that your reply be coordinated with that of the British.
Hull