Office of the Historian

Index1

  • Acheson, Dean, 453–454, 748, 763–764; Anglo-American conversations, 353, 386–387; modalities of American assistance to Soviet Union, 772–773, 780, 788, 790–793, 796, 799–802, 862–863; on Soviet-American trade relations, 724, 726, 728, 734–735, 831
  • Achilles, Theodore C., 227–231, 434n Advisory Committee on Postwar Foreign Policy, creation of, 594–595
  • Agreements. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
  • Aktay, Ali Haydar, 276–277, 283, 611, 896–897
  • Alison, 1st Lt. John R., 804, 906
  • Allen, Lt. Comdr. R. H., 904
  • Allied declarations condemning German atrocities in occupied territories, 445–450
  • Aluminum, requested by Russia as part of American aid, 804, 811, 822, 844
  • American Commission for Polish Relief, 211
  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 438–439
  • American Red Cross:
    • Activities in Poland. See under Poland.
    • Repatriation of American citizens, 403
    • Supplies to Soviet Union and denial of supervision of, 850, 856–857, 1008
  • Amtorg Trading Corporation, 633, 676–678, 694, 955, 962, 988n ; American aid to Soviet Union, negotiations for, 772, 773, 775, 780; American purchases from Soviet Union, 830–831, 862, 915
  • Anders, Wladyslaw, 249, 250–251
  • Angary, right of, 452–453, 454, 473, 475
  • Anti-Comintern Pact: Bulgaria’s adherence to, 272, 294, 295; Finland’s adherence to, 19, 107–108, 109–110; possible German demand that Soviet Union join, 133, 157; question of Yugoslavia’s adherence to, 298–299; Rumania’s adherence to, 281
  • Antonescu, Jon, 315–316, 319, 320; American-Rumanian conversations, 274, 285–287, 291–292; attitude and policy toward Germany, 129–130, 281, 323, 335; views on Balkan situation, 274–276, 286–287, 291
  • Antonescu, Mihai, 316, 323, 325–326, 333
  • Appleby, Paul H., 531, 534, 538
  • Aranha, Oswaldo, 437, 443
  • Arciszewski, Col. François Rola, 216n
  • Argentina, 532, 694
  • Arms and munitions: American supplies to United Kingdom in Atlantic Conference discussions, 367–368; equipment of Polish military forces in Soviet Union, 248, 250, 251, 253, 254–255, 257, 261; German supplies to Finland, 15
  • Arnold, Gen. Henry H., 341
  • Assarsson, Per Vilhelm Gustaf, 1–2, 25–26, 57–58, 128, 133, 138–139, 144–145, 702n , 1012, 1013–1014
  • Atherton, Ray: American-Polish conversations, 234–235, 251–252; Baltic ships in American ports question, 633–634; chairman of preparatory committee of International Wheat Meeting, 530; on Finnish problems, 20n , 58, 65, 72–73, 87–88, 103–106; Ovakimian and Gorin cases, conversations with Umansky, 933–934, 958–965; on Soviet-American relations, 246n , 600–601, 667–681, 703–712, 778–779, 920n
  • Atlantic Charter. See Atlantic Conference: Joint Statement.
  • Atlantic Conference between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, Aug. 9–12, 341–378
    • American policy toward France and French authorities in North Africa and British criticism, 349–351
    • Anglo-American agreement on assistance under Lend-Lease Act, 352–353, 367–368
    • Brazilian troops to assist in defending Azores, 345, 357
    • Canary and Cape Verde Islands, question of British occupation of, 356, 357
    • Economic policies, discussions on Point Four and British position versus Dominions, 353–354, 355, 361–362, 368, 369–372, 372–373
    • Exchange of letters between Salazar and President Roosevelt, 345, 356
    • Far Eastern situation and policy problems, 346–349, 357–360, 364–366
      • Japanese-American negotiations and position of Japan, 346–349, 358–359, 360, 364–365
      • Netherlands East Indies, British commitment to Netherlands Government regarding, 348–349, 358
      • Parallel communications by U. S., British, and Netherlands Governments to Japanese Government, draft of, 354–355, 357–358
      • Thailand, possible Japanese occupation of, and British and American attitude, 347–348, 349, 359–360
    • Finnish comments on Atlantic Charter, 58, 59, 95, 106
    • Joint statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill (Atlantic Charter), drafts and redrafts, 355, 360–363, 364; final text, Aug. 14, 367–369; adherence of Allied Governments (Sept. 24), 378
    • League of Nations, question of reviving, 366
    • Polish comments and objections, 259, 373–375, 376–377
    • Portugal, questions regarding occupation of Azores, 345, 356, 357
    • President Roosevelt (see also Joint statement, supra): Consultations with Prime Minister Churchill, 354–355, 356–363, 364–366; Proposal of conference and preparation for, 341, 342, 344–345
    • Prime Minister Churchill (see also Joint statement, supra): Clarification of Point Four of Atlantic Charter and consultations with Dominions, 370–372; commitment of assistance to Netherlands Government in case of Japanese attack against Netherlands East Indies, 348–349; consultations with President Roosevelt, 354–355, 356–363, 364–366
    • Soviet agreement with principles of, 193, 375
    • Welles–Cadogan conversations, 364, 367
  • Australia, interest and cooperation in establishment of American military air bases on Pacific Islands, on route from Hawaii to Philippines, 575–577, 581, 584
  • Axis countries, declaration of state of war with United States, 587–592
  • Azores, question of British occupation of, 345, 356, 357
  • Bagallay, Herbert Lacy, 162, 170, 174–175, 268
  • Balkan States (see also individual countries), 272–339
  • Baltic States. See under Soviet Union.
  • Barber, Willard F., 443–444
  • Bardossy, Laszlo, 303, 304
  • Barois, Armand, 434, 435
  • Batt, William L., 846
  • Beaverbrook, Baron William Maxwell Aitken, 251n , 367–368, 640n , 817, 837, 838, 839, 840
  • Belgium: Adherence to Atlantic Charter, 378; British commitment to reestablishment of independence of, 352
  • Beneš, Eduard, 208
  • Benton, J. Webb, 280–281, 591
  • Bentsler, F., 120
  • Berezin, Pavel F., 621–624
  • Berge, Wendell, 979–980, 989–990
  • Bergery, Gaston, 146–147, 165–166, 173–174, 893, 896
  • Beriya, Lavrenty Pavlovich, 601
  • Berle, Adolf A., Jr., 9, 188, 408, 632, 719–722, 798–799, 861, 1004
  • Biddle, Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., 337–339, 373–377, 447–450, 577, 581, 752n , 966
  • Bilmanis, Alfred, 625–627, 664
  • Bocharev, V. B., 120
  • Bogomolov, Alexander Efremovich, 146, 163, 338
  • Bohuz, Zigmund, 248
  • Bolivia, discussions on renewal of International Tin Agreement, 508–521 passim
  • Bonsai, Philip W., 443
  • Bookniga Corporation clerks question, 896, 982–983, 986, 987, 992–993
  • Boris I, King of Bulgaria, 278, 306, 333, 336–337
  • Braun, Father Leopold, 995–996, 997
  • Brazil: British interference with Brazilian shipping activities, 351; Henry Ford refugees resettlement proposal, 436–437, 443; question of employing Brazilian forces in defense of Azores, 345, 351, 357
  • Browder, Earl Russell, 597
  • Brown, Douglas, 843–844
  • Buckley, J. C., 699
  • Budenny, Marshal Semen Mikhailovich, 187, 631
  • Bulgaria:
    • Adherence to Anti-Comintern Pact, 272, 294, 295
    • Attitude toward growing German pressure and toward entry of German troops, 273, 278, 280–281, 282, 288, 294, 295–296, 297–304, 309, 322–323, 328, 329, 331
    • Bulgarian-Turkish agreement (Feb. 17), 285, 287–289, 295
    • Macedonian question and occupation of former Greek and Yugoslav territories, 304, 306–307, 308
    • Relations with Soviet Union, 276, 281, 335–336
      • Bulgarian attitude toward Soviet-German war, 316–317, 321, 334
      • Bulgarian protests against alleged Soviet bombings on Bulgarian territory, 324–325, 328, 329
      • Overtures by Soviet Union for mutual assistance pact, and Bulgarian rejection, 288; Soviet protests on Bulgarian policy, and Bulgarian reply, 328–330
      • Pro-Russian currents in Bulgaria, 330, 336, 337
      • Soviet reaction to entry of German troops into Bulgaria, 278–279, 294, 295, 296, 297, 328
    • Relations with United States, 282, 284, 297, 305, 307–308, 319; anti-American attitude of press, 279, 322, 331–332, 333; declaration of war against United States, 336–337, 592
    • Turkey’s reaction to Bulgarian policies, 277, 281, 289, 294–295
  • Burns, James H., 799–802, 853, 862
  • Butler, Nevile M., 272
  • Cadbury, L. J., 181, 186, 817
  • Cadogan, Sir Alexander, 204, 241, 341, 345–354, 364–367
  • Campbell, Gerald, 384
  • Campbell, Sir John, 492, 496, 503, 507, 508, 509–510, 517
  • Campbell, Sir Ronald Hugh, 189
  • Campbell, Sir Ronald Ian, 68–70, 71, 106–107, 415–416, 418–419, 421
  • Canada: Interest in Petsamo nickel mines question, 2, 23, 24n ; participation in International Wheat Meeting, 530
  • Canary Islands, question of British occupation of, 356
  • Cannon, Cavendish W., 326–327
  • Cape Verde Islands, question of British occupation of, 357
  • Cardenas, Juan F. de, 559–560
  • Carlill, H. F., 532
  • Carlson, Harry E., 141
  • Castillo Nájera, F., 562–564, 569–570
  • Chile, trade relations with Soviet Union, 694
  • Choumenkovitch, Iliya, 312–315
  • Churchill, Winston (see also Atlantic Conference), 172, 191, 217, 352
    • Joint Roosevelt–Churchill message to Stalin, and Stalin’s reply, 639–640, 643, 819–821, 822–823
    • Letter to General Sikorski, 243n
    • Message to Roosevelt on Wheat Agreement proposals, and President’s reply, 537–538, 540–541
    • Statement condemning German atrocities in occupied territories, 447
  • Chuvakhin, Dmitry Stepanovich, 622–623, 781–786, 835, 859–860, 961, 962–965
  • Ciano di Cortellazzo, Count Galeazzo, 589–590
  • Ciechanowski, Jan, 241–242, 246, 255, 259–262, 263–264; appointment as Polish Ambassador to Washington, 222; attitude in Rajchman affair, 229–230, 231; conversation with Litvinov, 664–665; on freedom of worship granted by Soviet Union to Polish armed forces, 1000, 1003n Cisiecki, Wasyl, 986, 987
  • Clausen, Capt. Gerald L. M., 503, 517, 518, 519, 521
  • Coal, U. S. purchases of Soviet coal, questions regarding, 922–923, 924
  • Cohen, Benjamin V., 386
  • Colby, Bainbridge, 684
  • Collier, Air Vice-Marshal D., 817
  • Colonna, Ascanio dei principi, conversations on U. S. seizure of Italian ships and detention of their crews, 427–428, 456–457, 466–468, 474–475, 476–478, 481–482
  • Control of commerce by belligerents:
    • British protest to United States for exports to Soviet Union possibly diverted to Germany, 163, 602–604; Soviet contention on right to trade with belligerents, 728, 729, 747
    • British restrictions to Finnish trade, 4, 5,15, 36, 41, 46, 48, 50, 53, 54, 55
  • Conventions. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
  • Copper, 694
  • Correa, Mathias F., 956, 959, 979, 984, 990
  • Coste, Brutus, 326–327
  • Cotton, Soviet purchases in Japan and United States, 127, 145, 693–694
  • Cretzianu, Alexander, 280–281
  • Cripps, Sir Stafford, 18, 172, 236, 611, 1013n ; Anglo-American consultations on British relations with Soviet Union and on assistance to Soviet Union, 155–156, 156–157, 163–164, 179–181, 186, 195–196, 658, 659, 817, 847–848; conversations with Molotov and Vyshinsky, 159, 160, 167, 176–177, 298–299, 831–832; on Polish-Soviet relations, 196, 238–239
  • Curtis, Charles P., Jr., 734, 772, 775–778, 790–793, 796, 799–802
  • Czechoslovakia:
    • Adherence to Atlantic Charter, 378
    • Czechoslovak forces to operate under
    • Soviet command, 632
    • In postwar reorganization of Europe, 188, 240, 352; joint declaration with Poland regarding postwar federation, 203, 233n , 259, 260
    • Soviet-Czechoslovak agreement (July 18), 632
    • Soviet policies regarding, 239, 240–241
  • Dalton, Hugh, 156–157
  • Danzig, Free City of, 219, 220
  • Darlan, Adm. Jean Francois, 350, 351
  • Davies, Joseph E., 657
  • Davis, Norman H., 403
  • Declaration of state of war between Axis countries and United States, 587–592
  • de Gaulle, Gen. Charles, 189, 584
  • Dekanozov, Vladimir Georgevich, 141n , 606, 656–657
  • Des Pradel, Arturo, 435
  • Devenis case. See under Soviet Union: Arrest and detention, etc.
  • Diamantopoulos, Cimon, 732n
  • Dickerson, Charles E., Jr., 181, 636, 666–667, 898, 911, 1020
  • Dies, Martin, 939–940
  • Dill, Gen. Sir John Greer, 341
  • Dominican Republic, resettlement of refugees in, 434n , 435, 437–439, 442, 443–444
  • Donovan, William J., 282
  • Duggan, Laurence, 443
  • Dunn, James Clement, 208, 210–212, 226n , 407, 409, 902
  • Durbrow, Elbridge, 588
  • Earle, George H., III, 278, 279, 282, 294–298 passim, 304–305, 308–309, 316–317, 321, 322–323, 328–337 passim
  • Eden, Anthony:
    • American military air bases in Pacific Islands, 580–581
    • Anglo-American consultations on Soviet policy, 168–169, 170–172
    • Anglo-Soviet relations, 182, 239–241, 759; visit to Moscow and conversations with Stalin, 192–194, 195–197, 199–201, 204–205
    • Polish-Soviet Agreement: Exchange of notes with Sikorski, 244–245, 247; Soviet Government note to Eden, 240–241
    • Repatriation problems, 419–420, 425
  • Eglin, Henry W., 736
  • Emerson, Sir Herbert, 436, 441
  • Erkko, Eljas, 19
  • Esgate, H. H., 922
  • Estonia. See under Soviet Union: Baltic States.
  • Evans, Rudolph M., 531, 534, 538
  • Evsikov, Nikolay Vasilyevich, 795n
  • Export-Import Bank, negotiations for loan to Finland and U. S. attitude, 8–9, 15, 17
  • Fain, Guy F. J., 146
  • Falk, Leon, 443
  • Faymonville, Col. Philip R., 198n , 799–802, 846
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation, 789–790, 955, 958–959, 983–984
  • Federal Loan Agency, 819, 831
  • Fedyuchin, Victor Alexeyevich, 955, 956, 959, 984
  • Feis, Herbert, 9, 920n
  • Ferris, Walton C., 503
  • Fieandt, Rainer von, delegation to Moscow, 7, 12, 14
  • Figg, Sir Clifford H., 503, 520
  • Filov, Bogdan, 273, 278, 304, 306, 334
  • Finland:
    • American attitude on Finnish situation and influence of public opinion (see also Soviet-Finnish war, infra), 17–18, 20–21, 22, 23, 24n , 26, 35, 44–46, 65
    • Anglo-American conversations on Finnish position and Soviet-Finnish war, 34, 68–70, 71, 86–87, 106–107, 108
    • Anti-Comintern Pact, adherence to, 19, 107–108, 109–110
    • Atlantic Charter, comments on, 58, 59, 95, 106
    • British policies and attitudes, 9, 34, 51, 57, 68–70, 83–84, 172; shipping restrictions on goods for Finland, 4, 5, 15, 36, 41, 46, 48, 50, 53, 54, 55
    • Deliveries of supplies to Soviet Union through Arctic route and possible Finnish interference, 81, 98, 115–116
    • Economic conditions and food supply problems, 7, 8, 10, 24–25, 31, 35, 40–41, 58, 110, 112
    • Fieandt delegation to Moscow, 7, 12, 14
    • German pressure resulting in Finnish cooperation with Germany and co-belligerency, 1–2, 2–3, 15, 19, 22–23, 25–26, 27–28, 30, 40, 42, 44, 46–49, 59, 65, 66, 89, 97, 112, 172; German troop movements on basis of transit agreement, 24, 29–30, 31–32, 33, 36–37, 38, 99; trade agreement, 13
    • Loan negotiations: With Export-Import Bank, 8–9, 15, 17; with United States, 3, 4, 8, 11–12
    • Military preparations and defense expenditures, 3, 6, 7, 32, 33, 35, 37–40 passim
    • Neutrality efforts in Finnish policy, 27, 29, 40–43 passim
    • Petsamo nickel mines question, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12–13, 13–14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23–24, 29
    • Relations with Sweden: Swedish support possible in case of Russian attack on Finland, 10, 16, 18, 35, 37; views on German-Finnish cooperation, 25–26
    • Soviet-Finnish trade agreement, difficulties concerning commodity exchange under, 4–5, 7, 14, 28, 31, 35
    • Soviet-Finnish war:
      • American efforts to arrange peace negotiations and Finnish justifications of involvement in hostilities, 56–57, 60, 61, 62, 67–77 passim, 81–94 passim, 98–99, 100–103, 107, 111–113; Finnish note to U. S. Government, 105–106
      • Bombing of Finland by Soviet Union, 40, 42–43
      • British views in connection with, 57, 58, 68–70, 106–107; note to Finland to cease hostilities, and Finnish reply, 71–72, 78–79; ultimatum by United Kingdom and declaration of war, 108, 109, 110–111, 114–115
      • Finnish strategic objectives and frontier problems, 48, 49, 52, 62, 64–67, 72–73, 74–77, 79, 84, 86, 92–93, 94, 97, 105, 116, 642
      • German influence and assistance, 43, 112
      • Murmansk railroad problem, 73, 79, 91, 92, 111, 112–113
      • Soviet demand that United Kingdom declare war on Finland, 84, 87, 88, 108
    • Ultimatum by United Kingdom and declaration of war, 108, 109, 110–111, 114–115
    • United States representing British interests in Finland after British war declaration, 108–109
    • Views and policies toward Soviet Union, 6, 10, 11, 15, 18–19, 22–23, 30, 38, 46, 50, 52, 58, 59, 62–67 passim, 70, 78, 90–92, 105; Aland Islands question, 6–7, 38, 92; Hango base, demand for Soviet evacuation from, 33, 91–92, 110–111, 113; Karelia, problems regarding, 25, 48–49, 105–106
  • Flax, negotiations for Soviet shipments to United States, 914–920, 923
  • Ford, Henry, 436–437
  • Foreign balances in United States, freezing of, 694–695, 761–763, 768–769, 770, 773
  • Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc., 212
  • France:
    • Anglo-French meeting at Tours, 352
    • Free French: Adherence to Atlantic Charter, 378; attitude toward establishment of U. S. air bases for route from Hawaii to Philippines, 582, 583–584; Soviet recognition and assistance, 189
    • Vichy Government: American policy toward France and French authorities in North Africa, and British criticism, 349–351; American refusal to undertake representation of French interests in Soviet Union, 893–894, 895–896; Bergery’s plans for Franco-German collaboration and pro-Nazi campaign in Soviet Union, 165–166, 173–174; Communist activities leading to break of Franco-Soviet diplomatic relations, 178–179; German pressure on Vichy, 179
  • Freedom of religion, interest of United States in protection of church property and freedom of worship in Soviet Union, 995–1005
  • Freeman, Air Marshal Sir Wilfred, 341
  • Freezing of foreign assets in United States, 380, 694–695, 761–763, 768–769, 770, 773
  • French Northwest Africa, 349–350
  • Fur Seal Convention, abrogation by Japan, and Soviet-American conversations, 672–673, 688–689
  • Gabrovsky, Peter, 278
  • Gafencu, Grigore, 132, 279, 282, 306, 755
  • Gavrilović, Milan, 299, 301–302, 311–312, 312–315, 632
  • Geneva convention of 1929 relative to treatment of prisoners of war, U. S. efforts to persuade Soviet Union to adhere to, 1005–1024
  • Germany (see also individual subjects under Soviet Union) [Page 1032]
  • Gifford, C. H. P., 147–148, 184–185
  • Goebbels, Josef, 151
  • Gold, U. S. purchases from Soviet Union, 715, 835, 847, 848; Soviet holdings of, 185
  • Golikov, Filip Ivanovich, 795, 797, 799–802, 818
  • Gordon, Bartley, 703–707
  • Gordon, George A., 408–409
  • Gorin case. See under Soviet Union: Arrest and detention, etc.
  • Goring, Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm, 138
  • Great Britain. See United Kingdom.
  • Greece: Adherence to Atlantic Charter, 378; Bulgarian occupation of territories belonging to, 306, 307, 308; German peace efforts in Greek-Italian war, 275; reference, 340
  • Green, Joseph C., 776, 1022–1023
  • Greene, Winthrop S., 85–86, 108
  • Grew, Joseph C., 146–147
  • Gromyko, Andrey Andreyevich, 848, 949–950; American assistance to Soviet Union, negotiations regarding, 763–764, 772, 788, 790–793, 823–824, 835, 858–859, 862–863; difficulties affecting Soviet-American relations, discussions on, 703–712, 719–721, 725–733, 917–919
  • Günther, Christian, 16, 28, 138
  • Gunther, Franklin Mott, 129–131, 211n , 273–276, 280–281, 283–284, 285–287, 290–292, 295, 310–311, 315–316, 319–321, 321–322, 323, 325–326, 332–333, 335
  • Habicht case. See under Soviet Union: Arrest and detention, etc.
  • Hack worth, Green H., 570
  • Hackzell, Antti, 2–3
  • Haffka, Alexander, 598–599
  • Halifax, Viscount, 34, 57, 217, 401, 485, 627, 1011; American assistance to Soviet Union, conversations regarding, 759–761, 788–789; Anglo-American exchange of views on clarification of Point Four of Atlantic Charter, 370–372; anti-sabotage watching of British ships in American ports by British military personnel, 391–392, 395–396; British policy toward Soviet Union, 182, 767n ; Soviet purchases in United States facilitating Soviet exports to Germany, 156–159, 163, 602–604
  • Hansson, Per Albin, 16, 28
  • Harriman, W. Averell:
    • Arming and training of Polish troops for war against Germany, 253–254; message to Stalin and Stalin’s reply, 258, 262, 265
    • Atlantic Conference, 341
    • Head of President Roosevelt’s Special Mission to Three-Power Conference in Moscow, 81, 187n , 251n , 640n , 825, 829–838; conversations with Stalin, 839–840; message to Stalin, 860; reports on mission, 841–843, 844–846, 849–851
    • Importance of religious question in American public opinion, conversation on, 1001–1002
    • Question of export to Russia of oil-refining plants, 861
  • Harrington, Julian, 964n
  • Hart, G. H. C., 503, 504, 523, 528
  • Harvey, Oliver Charles, 201–202
  • Hay, Sir John, 492, 493, 494, 497, 498, 501–502, 506, 507
  • Hazard, John N., 861
  • Henderson, Loy W., 20n , 28n , 80, 225–226, 270–271, 907n , 1003–1004
  • Henry-Haye, Gaston, 184
  • Hess, Rudolf, 138, 143
  • Hibbard, Frederick P., 398–399, 400–401
  • Hickerson, John D., 583, 584
  • Higgs, L. Randolph, 76–77, 86–87
  • Himmler, Heinrich, 138
  • Hiss, Donald, 386
  • Hitler, Adolf:
    • Balkan policies and conversations, 275, 306, 317, 320
    • Exchange of telegrams with Ryti, 109–110
    • Finland’s attitude toward, 40, 109–110, 112
    • Plans of world domination, 30, 62, 63, 69, 191
    • Soviet-Japanese situation, 134
    • Speculations on reasons for attack against Soviet Union, 129, 140, 148, 184, 274, 315; proclamation at beginning of German-Soviet war, 152
  • Holmes, Adm. R. S., 878
  • Hoover, Herbert C., 213, 214
  • Hopkins, Harry L.: American assistance to Soviet Union, 185, 829–830, 832–834, 848; Atlantic Conference, preparations for, 341; visit to Moscow and conferences with Stalin, 797–798, 802–815, 826
  • Horthy de Nagybanya, Nicholas, 299, 303
  • Hudson, R. S., draft Wheat Agreement discussion, 531, 548, 550
  • Hulbert, Murray, 955n , 959, 985
  • Hungary:
    • American-Hungarian relations, 300–301, 302–303, 318, 591; declaration of war by Hungary, 592
    • Banat question, 333
    • British protests over troop movements in Hungary, 299–300, 303, 304
    • German troop movements and promise of territorial concessions, 299–300, 302–303, 304, 317; Hungarian mobilization, 317–319
    • War declaration on Soviet Union, 319
  • Huston, Cloyce K., 284
  • Huthsteiner, Maj. George E., 6, 64
  • Hynninen, P. J., 29
  • Immigration visa, danger in granting to immigrants from Soviet Union or Soviet-occupied territories who might act as GPU agents in United States, 598–599, 617–620
  • Ingersoll, Ralph, 646–647
  • Inter-Allied Meeting (Sept. 24), resolution adopted at, 378
  • Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees. See under Refugees.
  • Intergovernmental debts owed United States by reason of First World War, question of sending notices to debtor governments, 585–586
  • International Rubber Regulation Committee, U. S. negotiations for adequate supplies of rubber, 492–507
  • Italy:
  • Jackson, Robert H., 720, 938, 939, 942
  • Japan:
    • American-Japanese negotiations, 346–348, 358–359, 360
    • Attitude toward shipments from United States to Soviet Union via Pacific ports, 180, 645–646, 661, 662, 824–825, 827–828
    • Fur Seal Convention, abrogation of, 672–673, 688–689
    • Parallel communications declaration by United States, United Kingdom, and Netherlands Governments to Japanese Government, draft of, 354–356, 357–358
    • Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact (Apr. 13), 134, 164n , 741
    • Soviet-Japanese relations, 645, 741
  • Jews, population statistics and movements after partition of Poland, 221
  • Johnson, Herschel V., 168–169, 170–172, 507–511
  • Johnson, Nelson T., 575–576, 579
  • Jones, Jesse H.: International Rubber Regulation Committee, negotiations with, 492, 493, 494, 507; International Tin Agreement, negotiations on renewal of, 513; loan to Finland, negotiations concerning, 8–9, 12n , 15; Soviet credits, negotiations for, 796, 833, 835
  • Kaiv, Johannes, 626n
  • Kalinin, Mikhail Ivanovich, exchange of messages with President Roosevelt, 654, 697, 857; on exit visas to Soviet citizens, 946
  • Keena, Leo J., 389
  • Kelley, Robert F., 312–315
  • Keynes, Baron John Maynard, 353, 534
  • Kirk, Alexander, memorandum on Polish partition and area and population figures, 218–222
  • Kirk, Capt. Alan G., 902–903
  • Kleffens, Eelco Nicolaas van, 577
  • Klieforth, Alfred W., 134
  • Knatchbull-Hugessen, Sir Hughe M., 190, 324
  • Kolesnikov, Sergey A., 857
  • Konoye, Prince Fumimaro, 347
  • Koo, Wellington, 365
  • Kot, Stanislaw, 248, 261–262, 264, 266
  • Kotilainen, Vaino Aleksanteri, 11–12
  • Krutikov, Alexey Dmitriyevich, 915–916
  • Kulik, Grigory Ivanovich, 631
  • Kwapiszewski, Michal, 226n , 227
  • Laidoner, Johan, 19
  • Land, Rear Adm. Emory S., 633
  • Latvia. See under Soviet Union: Baltic States.
  • Lavrishchev, A. A., 296
  • Law, Richard, 555
  • League of Nations, question of reviving, 366
  • Leahy, Adm. William D., 178–179
  • Leino, John, 913–914
  • Leith-Ross, Sir Frederick, 531, 535, 536, 548
  • Lend-Lease: Bill enacted by Congress (Mar. 11), 724; extension of American assistance to Poland, 232–233, 236, 250, 251, 254; question of assistance to Soviet Union, 768, 780–781, 832–833, 851, 857, 865; supplies to United Kingdom discussed at Atlantic Conference, 352–353, 367–368
  • Leverich, Henry P., 567
  • Lightner, E. Allan, Jr., 150–151
  • Liskin, Morris, 982n
  • Lithuania. See under Soviet Union: Baltic States.
  • Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich, 197, 662–663, 664–665, 805–814, 864, 996, 997; appointment as Soviet Ambassador to United States, 657, 662–663; removal from Central Committee of Communist Party, 606
  • Load Line Convention, suspension of, for duration of emergency, 485–491
  • Lockhart, Frank P., 391
  • Long, Breckinridge, 213–215, 406–407, 415–419, 421, 426–428, 470–472, 480n , 666n , 939–940, 1023–1024
  • Lowinger, Victor A., 512–513, 527, 528
  • Lozovski, Solomon Abramovich, conversations on Moscow Embassy problems, 867, 868, 877–878, 891–892, 893–894, 895–896, 897, 898–899, 901–906 passim; references to United States in press conferences, 631, 632; repatriation of American citizens from Soviet Union, negotiations for, 750–751, 931–932, 948–949, 952–953, 981–982, 986, 992; statement on freedom of worship in Soviet Union, 1002–1003
  • Lukashev, Konstantin I., negotiations for American assistance to Soviet Union, 699, 788, 790–793, 799–802, 835, 862–863
  • Luxemburg, adherence to Atlantic Charter, 378
  • McClintock, Robert M., 113–114
  • McCormack, John W., 1004
  • McDermott, Michael J., 26
  • McDonald, James G., 436–437
  • MacMillan, Harold, 507
  • MacMurray, John V. A., 284–285, 287–288, 294–295, 312–315, 334–335
  • MacVeagh, Lincoln, 404
  • MacVitty, Karl de Giers, 577, 582
  • Magidoff case. See under Soviet Union: Arrest and detention, etc.
  • Mails. See under Soviet Union: Difficulties affecting Soviet-American relations, etc.
  • Maisky, Ivan Mikhailovich, Anglo-Soviet conversations, 168–169, 170, 171–172, 205, 239–240, 241–242, 759; on Soviet-Finnish relations, 61n , 80; exchange of notes with De Gaulle, 189; on postwar reorganization of Balkan area, 337–338; promotion of, 606
  • Mallet, Victor A. L., 190
  • Maney, Edward S., 436, 437–439, 443
  • Maniu, Juliu, 319–320
  • Mannerheim, Baron Carl Gustaf, 21n , 22, 49, 52, 62, 65, 110
  • Maritime Commission, United States, functions in transporting American supplies to Soviet Union, 633, 687–688, 692, 693, 843, 864
  • Marshall, Gen. George C., 341
  • Mason-McFarlane, F. N., 175n , 187, 195, 238–239, 642, 658, 817
  • Matsuoka, Yosuke, conferences with Molotov and Vyshinsky, 164, 741
  • Maxwell, Col. Russell L., 667, 668, 772
  • Meiklejohn, Robert, 860–861
  • Menemencioglu, Numan Rifaat, 287–289
  • Merkulov, Vsevolod Nikolaevich, 602
  • Messersmith, George S., 878, 879
  • Metals Reserve Co., 499, 509–510, 513, 515, 521, 525, 527
  • Mexico, protests against induction under Selective Training and Service Act of Mexican citizens having declared their intention of becoming American citizens, and U. S. replies, 558–559, 562–564, 569–570
  • Michela, Maj. Joseph A., 887, 891, 892, 894, 898, 899–900, 901
  • Mikkola, Erkki, 5
  • Mikoyan, Anastas Ivanovich, 31, 119, 128, 186, 690
  • Miles, Rear Adm. G. J. A., 195, 817
  • Miller, H. Eric, 503
  • Moffat, J. Pierrepont, 879
  • Molotov, Mikhailovich Vyacheslav, 13–14, 30, 122, 144, 301, 769, 909n , 1016–1017; Anglo-Soviet conversations, 159, 160, 163, 165, 176–177, 186, 198; attitude toward Bulgaria, 276, 277, 297, 330; Japanese-Soviet relations, 645, 741; Polish-Soviet relations and problems of equipping Polish forces in Soviet Union, 206, 255, 257, 266; preparation for and activities at Three-Power Moscow Conference, 831–832, 834, 837, 838, 841; problems in Soviet-American relations, 679–681, 689, 708–709, 774–775; release from post of President of Soviet People’s Commissars, 613; religious question in Soviet Union, 995–996, 1001; speech on outbreak of German-Soviet war, 625
  • Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., 585, 667, 833, 835, 847
  • Morris, Leland B., 122–123, 134–135, 139–143 passim, 148, 151–155 passim, 305, 306–307, 309, 405, 430–432, 459–460
  • Mott, John R., 1007
  • Mowrer, Edgar, 228–229
  • Munro, Dana, 443
  • Mussolini, Benito, 287, 304
  • Naoumoff, Dimitri, 272, 307–308
  • National Bank of Rumania, Soviet request for release of foreign funds of, 670
  • Nedelke, G. V., 120
  • Netherlands:
    • Adherence to Atlantic Charter, 378
    • Attitude on establishment of American air bases for route from Hawaii to Philippines, 577, 581
    • British commitment to reestablishment of independence of, 352
    • Netherlands-Bolivian dispute on tin production and quota allocations, 508–509, 517, 518, 520
    • Netherlands East Indies: British commitment on assistance in case of Japanese attack, 348–349, 358; Netherlands Government position on single buying agency scheme for rubber purchases from, 502, 503
    • Parallel communication by United States, United Kingdom, and Netherlands Governments to Japanese Government, draft for, 354–355, 357–358
    • Request for admission of observer to International Wheat Meeting, and U. S. refusal, 543–544
  • Netherlands East Indies. See under Netherlands.
  • Neutrality policy. See U. S. neutrality policy.
  • New Zealand, interest and cooperation in establishment of American air bases on Pacific Islands for route from Hawaii to Philippines, 574, 579, 581, 582
  • Nickel. See under Strategic raw materials.
  • Norway: Adherence to Atlantic Charter, 378; British commitment to reestablishment of independence of, 352; representations to Finland, 78
  • O’Malley, Owen St, Clair, 299–300
  • Orlov, P. G., 22
  • Ortiz-Linares, Jorge, 512, 514, 522
  • Ovakimian case. See under Soviet Union: Arrest and detention, etc.
  • Ovchinnikov, Constantine, 621–624
  • Paasikivi, Juho Kusti, 11, 13–14, 29
  • Pacific Islands, arrangements by United States for establishment of military air bases for route from Hawaii to Philippines, 573–584
    • American offer of technical and financial assistance to interested governments, and replies received, 574, 575, 579, 580
    • Anglo-American exchange of notes, 573–575, 578, 580–581
    • Australia’s cooperative attitude, 575–576, 578, 581, 584
    • Christmas Island base and sovereignty question, 578
    • Free French attitude, 582, 583–584
    • Netherland attitude, 577, 581
    • New Zealand interest and cooperation, 574, 579, 581, 582
  • Page, Edward, Jr., 622–623, 858, 860–861, 878–879, 885–886, 919–920, 962–965
  • Pakaslahti, Aaro, 17
  • Patiño, Antenor, in Tin Agreement negotiations, 511, 513, 514, 517, 522, 523
  • Pats, Konstantin, 19
  • Paul, Prince, of Yugoslavia, 315
  • Pawson, A. G., 496, 503
  • Pekkala, M., 89–90, 110, 111
  • Pell, Herbert C., 317–319, 404, 591, 592
  • Pell, Robert T., 434, 435, 440–442
  • Pétain, Philippe, 350
  • Petroleum. See under Strategic raw materials.
  • Phillips, Sir Frederick, 511
  • Phillips, William, 460–461, 999
  • Pierson, Warren, 8
  • Piries, G. C., 386–387
  • Pius XII, Roosevelt letter to, 999n
  • Poland:
    • American bondholders and suspension of service of external obligations, 212
    • Armed forces:
      • Anglo-Polish agreement (Aug. 6), 217–218
      • Organization in Soviet Union and Anglo-American equipment and supplies for, 196, 233, 237, 239, 248–268 passim
      • Proposal for assembly and training outside Soviet Union, questions regarding, 258, 261, 262, 264, 265, 269
      • Recruiting of volunteers in United States, 232
      • Religious freedom granted by Soviet Union, 1000
    • Atlantic Charter, adherence to, 378; declaration by Raczynski on interpretation with regard to Poland, 259–260, 373–377
    • British commitment to reestablishment of independence of, 352
    • Czechoslovak-Polish postwar federation, negotiations and joint declaration on, 203, 233n , 259, 260
    • Demands of U. S. support in furthering Polish policies, 237–238, 241–242, 247–248
    • Desire to participate in Three-Power Moscow Conference, and refusal received, 251–252, 254, 268, 269–270
    • Efforts to secure release and protests against treatment of Polish war prisoners and civilians held in Soviet Union, 210–211, 213, 215–216, 225–226, 236–242 passim, 244, 249, 260–269 passim, 638–639
    • Extension of U. S. assistance to Poland under Lend-Lease Act, 232–233, 236, 250, 251, 254
    • Government-in-exile:
      • Appointment of Ciechanowski as Ambassador to United States, U. S. agreement under condition that delegates and representatives connected with relief be withdrawn from United States, 222, 223–225, 226–227, 227–231
      • Continued recognition by United States of Polish Government, 209
      • Gold possession and Polish relief activities, 214, 215
      • Polish National Committee, 239, 240, 241
      • Resignation of members of Polish Cabinet in protest against signing of Polish-Soviet agreement, 245–246
      • Sikorski radio address, 236
      • Views on Soviet Government and policies, 236–237, 238, 270–271
    • Jewish population, statistics and movements, 221
    • Military Mission to Soviet Union, 248, 250
    • Partition of Poland:
      • German-occupied territories, Polish accusations of German atrocities, 447–449
      • Soviet-German understanding and area and population figures, 206, 218–222
      • Soviet-occupied territories: American relief problems, 233–234, 235; deportations to Siberia and Central Asia, and Polish protests, 225–226, 261, 263–264; frontiers question, 247–248, 373–377; Polish protest against measures planned by Soviet Union and against incorporation, 209–210, 211n , 213, 215–216; seizure and nationalization of American property, U. S. note on, 867
    • Postwar reorganization of Eastern Europe, 188, 233
    • Relief assistance to Poland and expatriated Polish refugees:
      • American Red Cross relief activities, negotiations regarding, 211, 233–234, 235, 263, 730–731
      • Rajchman mission and other Polish relief activities in United States and question of American neutrality, 208, 211–212, 217, 223–231 passim
      • U. S.-Soviet negotiations on relief in Soviet Union and Soviet-occupied territories, 233–234, 235, 263–264, 730–731
    • Soviet-Polish agreements:
    • Soviet-Polish frontiers question, 236, 237, 241, 242, 246, 247–248, 376–377
  • Popov, Ivan, 279, 336
  • Portugal:
    • Exchange of letters between Salazar and President Roosevelt, 345, 356
    • Position on possible German peace offensive, 189
    • Protests against induction under Selective Training and Service Act of Portuguese citizens having declared their intention of becoming American citizens, and U. S. replies, 562, 564
  • Potemkin, Vladimir Petrovich, 207
  • Potocki, Count Jerzy, 208, 209–210, 211–212, 213, 215–216
  • Pound, Adm. Sir Dudley, 341
  • Pozdnyakov, Nikolay Georgevich, 120
  • Prisoners of war:
    • American efforts to persuade Soviet Union to adhere to the Geneva Convention of 1929, 1005–1024; American intention to apply Geneva Prisoners of War Convention in relation to Japan, 1022, 1023
    • Soviet treatment of Polish prisoners, 210–211
  • Procopé Hjalmar J., 26, 59, 115; conversation with Welles (Aug. 18) and question of transmission of report to Finnish Government, 56–57, 82, 83, 100–101, 102–103, 104; Finland’s rejection of American efforts to stop war, 99–100; Finnish position in war against Soviet Union, 43–44, 65, 72–73, 74–76, 76–77, 84; negotiations for credit to Finland, 4, 15
  • Protection of American lives and property: Claims pending of American citizens against Soviet Union for confiscation and nationalization of American property in Baltic States, 751–752; complaints over seizure of personal effects belonging to American citizens caught in Poland by Soviet invasion, 966; protection by Switzerland of American interests in enemy countries, 593; seizure and nationalization of American property in Soviet-occupied territories, U. S. notes on, 867
  • Prunas, Renato, 460
  • Putkovski, Witold, 986, 987, 993
  • Pyk case. See under Soviet Union: Arrest and detention, etc.
  • Raczynski, Count Edward, 265, 266, 447–449; declaration at Second Inter-Allied Meeting, 259–260, 373–377
  • Radio Corporation of America, 732, 744–745, 791, 797, 802
  • Rajchman, Ludwik Witold, mission to United States on Polish refugees problem, and U. S. request for withdrawal, 211, 213–214, 223–231 passim
  • Ramsay, Henrik, 5
  • Rangnell, Jukka (Johan), 3, 34–35
  • Ratay, Lt. Col. John P., 286
  • Recht, Charles, 957n
  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 833–834, 851
  • Refugees:
    • Dangers in granting immigration visa to United States to refugees from Soviet Union and Soviet-occupied territories, possibly forced to cooperate with Soviet Secret Police, 598–599, 617–620
    • Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees, U. S. cooperation with, 434–444
      • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and Reconstruction Foundation 438–439
      • Appropriations by U. S. Congress for, 442
      • Dominican Republic resettlement projects: Dominican Republic Resettlement Association (Dorsa), 434n , 437–439; Sosua Settlement, 434n , 435, 439, 442, 443–444
      • Henry Ford’s proposal for resettlement of refugees in Brazil, 436–437, 443
    • Polish relief problems and request for U. S. visa, 223–225, 234–235
    • President’s Advisory Committee for Refugees, 598–599
  • Reinhardt, G. Frederick, 802
  • Relief. See Poland: Relief assistance to Poland and expatriated Polish refugees.
  • Religious freedom, interest of United States in protection of church property and freedom of worship in Soviet Union, 995–1005
  • Repatriation of U. S. citizens, 398–433
    • American citizens in Soviet Union advised to return to United States after outbreak of German-Soviet war, 405–406, 421–422
    • American Legation in Switzerland to act as clearing house for relief for U. S. citizens desiring to return to United States, 433
    • Anglo-American conversations on evacuation of U. S. citizens from United Kingdom and question of priorities on airplanes and ships, 398, 399–402, 410–412, 413, 419–420, 425–426
    • Evacuation of U. S. citizens from Port Said and Suez, 412–413, 424–425
    • Negotiations regarding exchange of American and British citizens for German and Italian citizens, 408, 409, 423, 427, 429
      • Anglo-American negotiations on U. S. request that United Kingdom grant safe conduct to Germans and Italians leaving United States for Europe, 415–416, 417, 418–419, 423, 426–427
      • British request that Germany grant safe conduct to British citizens returning from Finland and Sweden, 416, 417, 427
      • German-American negotiations on, 404–405, 406–407, 408–409, 423, 428, 429–432
      • Italo-American conversations and policies, 423, 427–428, 429, 432–433
      • West Point voyage carrying German and Italian Embassy and consular staffs, 406–407, 408, 409
    • U. S. Government funds for payment of passage for eligible destitute American citizens, 400, 402, 403, 413–415, 433
    • Yugoslavia, repatriation from, 403, 404
  • Repin, Alexander Konstantinovich, 795n , 799–802
  • Resenberg, Karl, 567–568
  • Retinger, Joseph, 239, 252–253
  • Reynaud, Paul, 352
  • Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 138, 306, 588–589
  • Richberg, Donald, 957n , 979
  • Richert, Arvid G., 133
  • Rochat, Charles Antoine, 178–179
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D. (see also Atlantic Conference), 21, 279, 310, 342, 343, 393–394, 558, 586, 686n , 692, 865
    • Advisory Committee on Postwar Foreign Policy, creation of, 594–595
    • American assistance to Poland under Lend-Lease Act, 236n , 251, 254–255
    • Conversation with Umansky on U. S. policies, 788–789
    • Declaration concerning order to shoot on sight at any German war vessel (Sept. 11), 589
    • Declaration of suspension of Load Line Convention (Aug. 9), 491
    • Interest in American assistance to Soviet Union, 773–774, 796, 802–803, 826–827, 829, 832–834, 835, 846n , 857, 858
    • Joint Churchill–Roosevelt message to Stalin, and Stalin’s reply, 639–640, 643, 819–821, 822–823
    • Letter to Pope Pius XII, 999n
    • Messages to Congress: Concerning legal authorization for the purchase and requisitioning of American and foreign vessels (Apr. 10), 473; on recognition of state of war with Germany and Italy (Dec. 11), 590
    • Messages exchanged with Churchill, 342, 537, 538, 540–541; Kalinin, 654, 697, 857; Litvinov, 996, 997; Salazar, 345, 356; Stalin, 813, 836, 851–852, 855–856, 856–857, 858, 864; Vargas, 345
    • Neutrality Proclamation (Sept. 5, 1989), 393–394, 452–453; refusal to issue neutrality proclamation after German attack on Soviet Union, 770, 773
    • Press conference remarks on freedom of religion in Soviet Union, 1000–1001, 1002
    • Problems regarding refugees, 440, 441, 444
    • Proclamation on control of exports of certain articles and materials (Apr. 15), 741–742
    • Proposal to Japan and Japanese counterproposal, 346–347, 348, 358
    • Recall of Ambassador Steinhardt, 852–853
    • Statement condemning German atrocities in occupied territories, 446–447
  • Rosenberg, James N., 438, 444
  • Rosetti, Gen. Radu, 333
  • Rosso, Augusto, 142, 755
  • Roszkowski case. See under Soviet Union: Arrest and detention, etc. Rubber Regulation Committee (International), U. S. negotiations for adequate supplies of rubber, 492–507
  • Rubber Reserve Co., position and procurement activities, 492, 494, 495, 499–501, 501–502; plans for central buying agency, 502–506
  • Rublee, George, 441
  • Rumania:
    • Adherence to Anti-Comintern Pact, 281
    • Attitude toward United Kingdom, 291, 321–322
    • Banat question, 333
    • Blocking of Rumanian funds in United States, 292, 670
    • Declaration of war against United States, 591
    • Germany’s growing pressure and Rumanian pro-German policy, 129–130, 274, 282–283, 286–287, 291, 292, 321; Rumanian oil supplies to Germany, 282–283, 286, 287
    • Iron Guards, opposition to government and Communist propaganda, 274, 283, 285
    • Participation in German-Soviet war: Beginning of hostilities and military operations, 315–316, 317, 319, 321, 323, 326, 332; frontiers problems and boundary convention with Germany, 274, 306, 332–333; German troop movements and military preparations, 273, 274–276, 279, 280–281, 286, 290; relations between German and Rumanian forces, 320, 323, 335; reoccupation of Bessarabia and Bukovina, 326, 332; war aims and military plans, 69, 287, 323, 326–327
    • Relations with United States, clarification of U. S. foreign policy, 309–311; Rumanian attitudes and views, 287, 291–292, 321–322, 326–327
    • Soviet-Rumanian negotiations, 118, 282–283, 306; trade and payments treaty and treaty of commerce and navigation (Feb. 26), 292–293
    • Transylvania question, 292, 320, 327
    • Views and policies, 129–131, 274–276, 286, 287, 315, 321–327 passim Rumbold, Sir Anthony, 86–87
  • Rush, Raphael, 982n
  • Ryti, Risto H., 6–7, 19, 22, 37–39, 41, 43n , 46–48, 84–85, 104
  • Saburov, Maxim Zakharovich, 607n
  • Saed, Mahomed, 894
  • Sahlin, Stig E. G., 78
  • Salazar, Antonio de Oliveira, exchange of letters with President Roosevelt, 345, 356
  • Salter, Sir Arthur, 544, 548, 554
  • Saracoglu, Sukru, 190, 294–295
  • Saunders, Air Commodore Hal, 579, 582
  • Saydam, Refik, 289
  • Schnee, Alexander, 790–793, 799–802
  • Schnurre, Karl, 117, 119, 120, 125
  • Schoenfeld, Rudolf E., 222–225, 244n , 503, 609
  • Schulenburg, Werner Friedrich, Count von der, 25, 128, 141, 143, 164, 279, 297, 625, 755, 870, 877
  • Scott, Mrs. John, 946, 953, 965, 966, 978
  • Scotten, Robert M., 434–435, 437
  • Seldyakov, Pavel Sergeyevich, 699. 726, 772, 788, 790–793, 799–802
  • Selective Training and Service Act, 557–572
  • Seyda, Marian, 245–246
  • Shaposhnikov, Boris Mikhailovich, 631
  • Shcherbakov, Alexander Sergeyevich, 599
  • Sheen, Rt. Rev. Fulton J., 1004n
  • Shiffer, Victor V., 906–907
  • Short, Gen. Walter Campbell, 579, 582
  • Sikorski, Gen. Wladyslaw, 210, 217, 233n , 246, 373; conversations with and message to Stalin, 268, 269–270; on organization and training of Polish armed forces, 196, 237, 249–250, 253–254, 267, 268; plans for trip to Moscow, 256–257, 260, 262, 264; Polish-Russian Agreement, 196, 240–241, 242, 266
  • Sima, Horia, 285
  • Sinclair, Sir Archibald, 401, 419
  • Skirpa, Kazys, 140
  • Slovakia, reincorporation of Polish areas, 218, 219, 220
  • Smathers, George, 464
  • Smetanin, Konstantin A., 645
  • Smuts, Jan Christian, 389
  • Snell, Henry, Baron of Plumstead, 54n
  • Sobolev, Arkady Alexandrovich, 135, 276, 277, 288, 336
  • Soderhjelm, J. O., 23–24
  • Sokolnicki, Michel, 312–315
  • Solanko, Risto, 26
  • Sosnkowsky, Gen. Kazimierz, 245–246
  • Soviet Union (see also subject entries under Balkan States, Finland, and Poland):
  • Spain, protests against induction under Selective Training and Service Act of Spanish citizens having declared their intention of becoming American citizens, and U. S. reply, 559–560, 560–561, 571
  • Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovich:
  • Standley, William H., 853n
  • Stankoimport, 669
  • Stark, Adm. Harold R., 341, 902
  • Starkenborg, J. H. R. van, 577
  • Steere, Loyd V., 531, 534, 540
  • Steinhardt, Laurence A.: On Balkan situation, 276–277, 278–279, 279–280, 282–283, 294–302 passim, 306, 311–312, 324–325; on evacuation difficulties of American citizens from Soviet Union, 421–422; on Finnish situation, 1–2, 11, 12–13. 13–14, 18–19, 24, 29–30, 31, 41–42, 57–58, 61; recall from Moscow post, 654n , 852–853; on Soviet-Polish relations and Poland’s situation, 206–207, 208–209, 246, 248–249, 250–251, 257–258, 261–262
  • Sterling, Frederick A., 27–28
  • Stettinius, Edward R., Jr., 864
  • Stevenson, Ralph C. S., 188
  • Stewart, R. B., 583
  • Stimson, Henry L., 621n , 799
  • Strategic raw materials:
    • Aluminum, requested by Soviet Union as part of American aid, 804, 811, 822, 844
    • American purchases from Soviet Union, negotiations for, 688, 788, 793, 794, 796, 819n , 831, 833, 852, 856, 899
    • Anglo-American assistance to Soviet Union and problems regarding, 804, 811, 822, 823, 829, 849–851
    • British shipments to Soviet Union, 184–185
    • Discussions at Three-Power Moscow Conference, 838, 840, 841, 843, 844–846
    • Exchanges between Soviet Union and Rumania in Trade and Payments Agreement (Feb. 26), 293
    • Molybdenum: American shipments to Soviet Union, 843; deliveries from Finnish mines to Germany, 5
    • Nickel: Discovery of ore deposits in northern Finland, 24n ; Petsamo mines question, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11–14 passim, 16, 20–24 passim, 29
    • Petroleum:
    • President Roosevelt’s proclamation on control of exports of certain materials (Apr. 15), 741–742
    • Rubber Regulation Committee (International), U. S. negotiations for adequate supplies of rubber, 492–507
    • Soviet purchases in United States and question of facilitating Soviet aid to Germany, 127–128, 600–601, 693–694, 734, 776; British protests to United States, 157–159, 602–604
    • Soviet Union, output of, 186–187, 604
    • Tin Agreement (International), interest of United States in renewal of, 507–530; new draft agreement, 522–527
  • Strong, Tracy, 1011
  • Sulzberger, Cyrus, 891
  • Surits, Yakov Zakharovich, 163
  • Sweden, 35, 190; attitude toward Finland and Soviet-Finnish war, 10, 16, 33, 35, 42–43, 70, 85–86; German pressure and troop movements, 18, 32, 33, 138–139
  • Switzerland: Protection of American interests in enemy countries, 593; protests against induction under Selective Training and Service Act of Swiss citizens having declared their intention of becoming American citizens, and U. S. replies, 557, 560; rumors of German peace offensive, and Swiss position, 190; Soviet reluctance to adhere to Prisoners of War Convention because of its relations with Switzerland, 1009, 1011
  • Taecker, Lt. C. H., 912, 914
  • Tanner, Vaino A., 35, 47, 51–52, 66–68, 70, 86, 90, 110
  • Tatekawa, Yoshitsugo, 144, 146–147, 645
  • Taylor, Myron, 436
  • Teleki de Suek, Count Paul, 299, 303–304
  • Thailand, position on standard tonnage in negotiations for renewal of International Tin Agreement of 1937, 522, 523, 526, 527–528; possible Japanese occupation of, and British and U. S. attitude, 347–348, 349, 359–360
  • Thompson, Llewellyn E, Jr., 198–199, 200–201, 651, 887, 912, 913
  • Thomsen, Hans: German protests on conscription of German citizens having declared their intention of becoming American citizens under Selective Training and Service Act, 561–562, 564–565, 568; on repatriation of American citizens, 406–407, 409; seizure and requisition of German ships by United States, discussions regarding, 453–454, 457–459, 463–466, 473, 479
  • Thornburg, Max Weston, 799–802
  • Thurston, Walter, 195–196, 204–205, 266–268, 658–659, 866, 911, 912–914; honorary rank of Minister given to, 913n ; prisoners of war, discussions regarding treatment of, 1011–1012, 1013–1017, 1019–1020; release of American and Soviet citizens detained in Soviet Union and in United States, negotiations on, 943, 994
  • Timoshenko, Marshal Semen Konstantinovich, 612–613, 631
  • Tin Agreement (International), interest of United States in renewal of, 507–531; new draft agreement, 522–527
  • Tittmann, Harold H., Jr., 999
  • Toyoda, Rear Adm. Teijiro, 645
  • Travers, Howard K, 299–300, 302–304, 403
  • Treaties, conventions, etc.:
    • Anglo-Soviet protocol on joint action and mutual assistance (July 12), 183, 638, 899
    • Bulgarian-Turkish nonaggression agreement (Feb. 17), 285, 287–289, 295
    • Geneva convention relative to the treatment of war prisoners (1929), 1005–1024
    • Hague convention (1907), 448, 453, 1005
    • Load-Line convention and protocol (1930), 485–491
    • Soviet-Czechoslovak agreement (July 18), 632
    • Soviet-German economic agreement (Jan. 10), 118–119
    • Soviet-German protocol on repatriation of nationals from Baltic countries (Jan. 10), 610
    • Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact (Apr. 13), 134, 164n , 741
    • Soviet-Rumanian trade and payments agreement (Feb. 26), 292–293
    • Soviet-Yugoslav treaty of friendship and nonaggression (Apr. 5), 301
    • U. S.-British-Soviet protocol (Oct. 1), 849
    • U. S.-Soviet Union commercial agreement, renewal by exchange of notes (Aug. 2), 924–925
  • Tripartite Pact. See Anti-Comintern Pact.
  • Turkey:
  • Ulmanis, Karlis, 19
  • Umansky, Konstantin Alexandrovich, 57, 233–234, 623, 1001; arrest and detention of American citizens in Soviet Union and of Soviet citizens in United States and arrangements for return to their own countries, negotiations regarding, 623, 927–930, 933–934, 936–942 passim, 948–950, 950–951, 955–978 passim, 983–986, 990; difficulties affecting Soviet-American relations, negotiations concerning, 667–713 passim, 716–722 passim, 725–735 passim, 740–742, 745–749, 763–764; exchange of notes for confirmation of U. S.-Soviet commercial agreement, 923, 924–925; on interference by Soviet authorities with functioning of American Embassy in Moscow, 875, 900–901; U. S. assistance to Soviet Union, negotiations regarding, 769–773, 778–802 passim, 816–817, 827–828
  • United Kingdom (see also Atlantic Conference, Finland, and Soviet Union):
    • Activities in negotiations for Polish-Soviet agreement, 242, 243, 244–245, 247, 248
    • British promise of assistance in case of Japanese attack against Netherlands East Indies, 348–349
    • Churchill. See Churchill, Winston.
    • Commitments for reestablishing independence of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Norway, the Netherlands, and Belgium, 352
    • Criticism of U. S. policy with regard to France and French North Africa, 350–351
    • Eden. See Eden, Anthony.
    • Efforts to restrain Yugoslavia from adhering to Anti-Comintern Pact, 298–299
    • Negotiations regarding exchange of American and British citizens for German and Italian citizens, 408, 409, 423, 427, 429; Anglo-American negotiations on American request that Britain grant safe conduct to Germans and Italians leaving the United States for Europe, 415–419 passim, 423, 426–427; British request that Germany grant safe conduct to British citizens returning from Finland and Sweden, 416, 417, 427
    • Polish armed forces: Agreement on forces in United Kingdom, 217–218, 232–233; supplies to troops in Soviet Union, 248, 250, 251, 254, 258, 261, 262, 265, 267
    • Protests on U. S. shipments to Soviet Union which might help German war effort, 156, 157–159, 161, 602–604
    • Rumors of German peace offensive and British warnings to various governments, 189–190, 191–192
    • U. S. assistance in British war effort (see also U. S. neutrality policy: Measures taken to assist British war effort), 318, 691–692
    • Wheat Meeting (International), participation in, 530–556
  • U. S. Congress:
    • Joint resolution on state of war between Germany and United States, 590–591
    • Lend-Lease Bill (Mar. 11), 724
    • Registration Act requiring registration of agents of foreign principals, 955n
  • U. S. defense:
    • Establishment of military air bases for route from Hawaii to Philippines, arrangements for, 573–584
    • Measures taken by United States to secure adequate supplies of strategic materials, food, and shipping, 451–556
      • Load Line Convention, suspension of, for duration of emergency, 485–491
      • Rubber Regulation Committee (International), negotiations to secure adequate supplies of rubber, 492–507
      • Seizure and requisition of German and Italian ships lying in U. S. ports, 451–484; applicability of Right of Angary by United States, and German accusations of breach of international law, 451–455, 473, 475, 479; assumption of protective control by United States of German ships Pauline Friedrich and Arauca, and detention of crews, 457–460, 461, 463–466, 472, 473, 478–479; compensation problems after requisitioning of vessels, 476, 482, 483, 484; Italian protests and Italian-American “exchange of views and conversations on, 455–457, 460, 462–463, 466, 468–470, 474–475, 476–478, 480–484; Presidential message to Congress regarding legal authorization to purchase and requisition American and foreign vessels, German and Italian protests, 473, 475, 476
      • Tin Agreement (International), interest of United States in renewal of, 507–530
      • Wheat Meeting (International), U. S. participation in, 530–556
  • U. S. Maritime Commission, 633, 687–688, 692, 693, 843, 864
  • U. S. neutrality policy, 379–397
    • Application of Right of Angary by United States, and German protests, 452–453, 454, 473, 475
    • Exemption of Newfoundland from operation of Neutrality Act, 392–393
    • Expansion of national defense, Executive orders concerning, 380–381
    • Measures taken to assist British war effort in connection with, 381–397
      • Anti-sabotage watching of British ships in American ports by British military personnel, 391–392, 394–395, 395–396
      • Enlistment in China of American citizens in British armed forces, 391
      • Plans for British Civilian Technical Corps and problems of recruiting technicians in United States, 381–387 passim
      • Question of equipping British ships entering or leaving American ports with fighting aircraft for defense purposes, 385–386, 387–389
    • President Roosevelt’s Neutrality Proclamation of 1939, 452–453; question of applicability to overseas territories, 393–394; unwillingness to issue neutrality proclamation [Page 1047] after German invasion of Soviet Union, 770, 773
    • Recruiting of Polish volunteers in United States, 232
    • Repeal of sections 2, 3, and 6 o-Neutrality Act, 379
  • U. S. Supreme Court, 933–934, 944
  • Valkov, Vasily Alexeyevich, 943
  • Van den Broek, John, 508, 509–510, 517, 518
  • Van Kleffens, Eelco Nicolaas, 577
  • Van Starkenborg, J. H. R., 577
  • Vargas, Getulio, exchange of letters with President Roosevelt, 345
  • Vatican, 999
  • Vereker, Gordon, 15, 51, 53
  • Viles, A. L., 492, 498, 501
  • Vinogradov, Sergey Alexandrovich, 324
  • Voroshilov, Marshal Kliment Efremovich, 631
  • Vyshinsky, Andrey Yanuarevich, 11, 120, 147, 611, 852, 909, 936; aide-mémoire to British Government on German peace offensive, 190–192; in Anglo-Soviet relations, 163–164, 167, 174–179; prisoners of war question, 1013–1016; request for U. S. agreement to Litvinov’s appointment as Ambassador to United States, 652–653; Soviet interest in Balkan countries, 296, 298–299, 300, 306
  • Wadsworth, George, 432–433, 587–588
  • Wagshal case, 986, 987
  • Wakasugi, Kanama, 347
  • Ward, Angus Ivan, 793, 896, 899
  • Wardwell, Allen, 856
  • Warren, Fletcher, 719–722, 955–957
  • Wasastjerna, Jarl Axel, 27–28, 111–113
  • Watson, Maj. Gen. Edwin M., 858
  • Watt, Alan S., 583, 584
  • Weinberg, Norman, 982n
  • Welles, Sumner, 182, 184, 232–233, 612, 666n , 685–686, 759–761, 875, 923, 991, 999
  • Wheat Meeting (International), (July 1941–Apr. 1942), U. S. participation in, 530–556
    • Churchill’s message to Roosevelt and President’s reply, 537–538, 540–541
    • Draft wheat agreement, 532–541
    • European wheat-importing countries, 533, 535, 537, 539–547 passim. 551
    • Soviet Union’s position and possible adherence to Wheat Agreement, 536, 537, 541, 555
  • Whitaker, John, 891
  • White, C. Thayer, 921–922, 922–923
  • Wied, Prince Viktor of, 138
  • Wilcoxson, W. J., 508
  • Winant, John G., 343–345, 436, 447, 488, 489
  • Winterton, Earl of, 436
  • Witting, Rolf J., 12, 16, 33, 40, 41; Anglo-Finnish relations, 5, 53, 64–66; memorandum to U. S. Government, 91–98; Petsamo nickel mines question, 9, 14, 20; Soviet-Finnish relations and Finland’s position in Soviet-Finnish war, 10, 14, 28, 42, 48–50, 64–66
  • Woermann, Ernst, 459–460
  • Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 673–674, 732, 744, 791, 797, 802
  • Yeaton, Maj. Ivan D., 631, 887, 891, 892, 894, 898, 899–900, 901, 903
  • Yingling, Raymund T., 567–568
  • Young, Philip, 668, 726
  • Young Men’s Christian Association, 1007, 1011
  • Yugoslavia:
    • Adherence to Atlantic Charter, 378
    • American-Yugoslav conversations, 284, 301–302
    • Banat question, 333
    • Bulgarian occupation of Yugoslav territories, 306–308
    • German attack on, 135, 136, 137, 313, 735
    • Plans for postwar reorganization of Europe, 188, 337–338, 338–339, 352
    • Proclamation on state of war between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, 307, 308
    • Question of Yugoslavia’s adherence to Anti-Comintern Pact, 298–299
    • Relations with Soviet Union, 163, 239, 240–241, 300, 338–339
      • Soviet-Yugoslav Treaty of Friendship and Nonaggression (Apr. 6), 135, 136, 137, 301–302, 311, 314, 614–615, 735
      • Withdrawal of recognition of Yugoslav Legation in Moscow, 311–312, 313; resumption of functions, 632
  • Zaleski, 217, 229, 230, 239, 241, 242, 247; resignation from Polish Government in Exile, 245–246
  • Zarsky, Anton Vladislavovich, 930
  • Zarubin, Georgy Nikolayevich, 1020
  • Zoltowski, Janusz, 212
  • Zverev, Arseny Grigoryevich, 608

  1. In indexing persons the intention has been to include all references to persons of significance for an understanding of the record, with the following exceptions: (1) The name of the Secretary of State or the Acting Secretary of State appearing as the signer of outgoing instructions unless there is a clear indication of the Secretary’s or Acting Secretary’s personal interest; (2) the name of an American Ambassador or Chargé appearing as the signer of reports to the Department of State, except for personal items; (3) the names of persons to whom documents are addressed.

    Persons are not identified by office in the index, but usually where a person is first mentioned in any section a footnote identification is given unless that person is identified in the text.

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