Office of the Historian

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

The Commanding General, United States Military Mission in the Soviet Union (Deane), to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

[Excerpt]1
top secret
priority
eyes only
Moscow, 17 October 1944.

M 21412.

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. . . Stalin then said that Mr. Hopkins, with the approval of the President, had talked with Mr. Gromyko and he had indicated that the President was anxious to meet with Marshal Stalin somewhere in the Black Sea area. He said unequivocally that he would be [Page 9] delighted to meet the President and was prepared to so do toward the end of November. . . .

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  1. Printed in full post, pp. 371–374.↩