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(Untitled), 15 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/89

Scope and Contents

Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "personal and secret" replying to WSC's message on the occasion of the death of President Roosevelt. States that, "In President Franklin Roosevelt the Soviet people saw a distinguished statesman and a rigid champion of close co-operation between the three States" and that Roosevelt's friendly attitude towards the Soviet Union "will always be most highly valued and remembered by the Soviet people". Expresses his personal feeling of burden on the loss of "our mutual friend".

Dates

  • Creation: 15 Apr 1945

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Copyright: Not known

Extent

1 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

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