Office of the Historian

811.71561/12–2644: Telegram

The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, December 26, 1944—3 p.m.
[Received 6:10 p.m.]

4990. ReDepts 2876, December 22, 10 p.m.13 Our original note to the Foreign Office regarding the resumption of parcel post service dated November 614 was followed up by a second note dated November 27. On December 21, an oral inquiry was made regarding the status of the matter and we were informed that the Foreign Office “was working on it”. We will continue to press for a reply.15

Harriman
  1. Not printed. It stated that the Post Office Department was “extremely anxious to begin service” and inquired about the status of this matter. (811.71561/12–2244)↩
  2. See telegram 4260, November 7, from Moscow, p. 1025.↩
  3. After additional correspondence and delays Ambassador Harriman reported in telegram 663 on March 7, 1945, that the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs had declared in a note of March 5 that “the Soviet communications authorities are prepared to renew the exchange of parcel post between the Soviet Union and the United States.” The United States postal authorities should communicate directly with the People’s Commissariat for Communications about “practical questions connected with the resumption of this service.” (811.71261/3–745)↩