Office of the Historian

861.24/1227

Memorandum by President Roosevelt to the Secretary of State

Washington, November 9, 1942.

I have asked Mr. Hopkins to organize a Soviet Protocol Committee to be responsible for the overall coordination of the Russian Protocol through action by appropriate existing agencies and in conformity with policies approved by me.

The membership to be:

Chairman—Mr. Harry Hopkins or alternate to be designated by him.

Members—Representatives of the various interested operating departments and agencies or alternates designated by such representatives.

Secretary—To be provided by Lend-Lease.

Will you please let me have the name of the representative of the State Department?59

F[ranklin] D. R[oosevelt]
  1. By letter of November 17, 1942, the Secretary of State designated Dean Acheson to represent the State Department on this committee.↩