Sustained interest of the United States in freedom of religion and religious conditions in the Soviet Union 64
64. For previous correspondence on this subject and on the reestablishment of the Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, see Foreign Relations, 1943, vol. iii, pp. 855 ff. For the exchange of letters between President Roosevelt and the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (Litvinov) at Washington, November 16, 1933, in regard to freedom of conscience and religious liberty for American citizens residing in the Soviet Union, see Foreign Relations, The Soviet Union, 1933–1939, pp. 29–33.
[1102] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)
861.404/556a: Telegram
[1103] The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Soviet Union (Hamilton)
861.404/561: Telegram
[1104] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Hamilton) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 21—3:56 p.m.]
861.404/567: Telegram
[1105] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Hamilton) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 22—7:54 p.m.]
861.404/568: Telegram
[1106] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Eastern European Affairs (Bohlen) to the Deputy Director of the Office of European Affairs (Matthews)
861.404/583
[1107] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Hamilton) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 27—6:25 a.m.]
861.404/572: Telegram
[1108] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)
861.404/572: Telegram
[1109] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 1—6:30 p.m.]
861.404/7–144: Telegram
[1110] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Eastern European Affairs (Bohlen)
861.404/7–544
[1111] Mr. Myron C. Taylor, Personal Representative of President Roosevelt to Pope Pius XII, to the President
Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y. At the direction of the President, a draft reply was prepared for his signature in the Department of State. It does not appear, however, that the letter was sent. The President had instructed Mr. Taylor in a letter of August 3, 1944, to assure Pope Pius XII of his desire to cooperate “in all matters of mutual concern and interest” and express “appreciation of the frequent action which the Holy See has taken on its own initiative in its generous and merciful efforts to render assistance to the victims of racial and religious persecutions.” Myron C. Taylor, Wartime Correspondence between President Roosevelt and Pope Pius XII (New York, 1947), p. 113.
[1112] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 24—10:05 p.m.]
861.48/10–2444: Telegram
[1113] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 18.]
861.404/11–2044
[1114] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State
[Received November (29)—12:45 a.m.]
861.404/11–2844: Telegram