761.6211/197: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State
Moscow, September
20, 1939—6 p.m.
[Received September 20—3:06 p.m.]
[Received September 20—3:06 p.m.]
578. I have learned from a reputable source that a German mission arrived in Moscow today by air from Riga. As several German officers in uniform have been seen in a Moscow hotel today the mission is apparently primarily one of a military nature.
Steinhardt