Office of the Historian

840.48 Refugees/6334: Telegram

The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State 87

Moscow, June 19, 1944—midnight.
[Received June 20—2:46 p.m.]

2184. Department’s 1460, June 9, 9 a.m.,88 and Embassy’s 2152, June 15, 3 p.m.,89 regarding proposals of War Refugee Board. The Embassy has received a secret note dated June 18 from Vyshinski stating that the contents of the Embassy’s note of June 15 have been brought to the attention of the Soviet Government and that the Soviet Government has instructed Vyshinski to state that it does not consider it expedient or permissible to carry on any conversations whatsoever with the German Government on the questions touched upon in the Embassy’s note.90

Harriman
  1. Repeated to the Ambassador in Turkey, June 20, 8 p.m., as telegram 556.↩
  2. See footnote 58, p. 1062.↩
  3. Not printed.↩
  4. In Department’s telegram 557 of June 21, 7 p.m., to Ankara (repeated to Moscow as No. 1529), the Ambassador was instructed: “Please take no further action concerning this matter pending further instruction.” (840.48 Refugees/6404f)↩