861.458/22a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Vice President of the Council of People’s Commissars and People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (Molotov)56
On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Republic, permit me to express to Your Excellency the sincere admiration of the Government and people of the United States for the heroism of the army and people of Russia in the face of the savage onslaught on your homeland by the forces of Nazi aggression.
In this stupendous struggle for the preservation of human freedom, my country is resolutely gathering its might and is increasingly bringing it to bear against our common foe. I am confident that the combined efforts of your nation, of mine, and of all the United Nations will give us all complete victory, not only on the fields of battle, but also in the paths of the ensuing peace.
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Molotov acknowledged this greeting by a telegram of November 21, 1942, in which he referred to the success of Allied arms in North Africa, the invasion of which had been carried out during the hours of darkness on November 7–8, 1942, as presaging the full triumph over the common enemy (861.458/24).
This year, congratulations were also sent by Ambassador Standley to Molotov, and Stalin.
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