Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1943, The British Commonwealth, Eastern Europe, the Far East, Volume III

861.48/2740: Telegram

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

Moscow, December 20, 1943.
[Received December 22—2:34 p.m.]

2281. Pravda for December 20th cites a statement by Edward Carter⁴⁴ to the effect that during 1944 Russian War Relief intends to send supplies valued at 21 million dollars to the Soviet Union against a value of 16 million dollars this year.⁴⁵ It states that in the first 10 months of 1943 various medical supplies, clothing and foodstuffs to a value of 10¼ million dollars have been shipped to the Soviet Union.

Harriman

44. Edward C. Carter was president of the American Society for Russian Relief, Inc. (formerly Russian War Relief, Inc.), New York, N.Y.
45. A handwritten notation on this telegram by Mr. Eldred D. Kuppinger, Assistant Chief of the Special Division, states that these figures were checked with the President’s War Relief Control Board, which indicated that they were accurate and that they included contributions in kind as well as in cash.