711.71114A/9–2144: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)64
Washington, September
21, 1944—6 p.m.
2255. Please express to the Soviet Government the appreciation of the Government of the United States for the assistance rendered by Soviet military authorities in arranging for the evacuation of American prisoners of war held by the enemy in the Balkan countries. Special assistance was given in the evacuation of American airmen from the vicinity of Ploesti by General Burenin who was most cooperative.
Hull
- This telegram was in response to a request from the Office of Strategic Services forwarded to the Department by Mr. Kirk in telegram No. 339, September 9, 1944, from Caserta. Officials of the Office of Strategic Services in Bucharest had asked that a message of appreciation be sent to the Soviet Government for assistance rendered by the Red Army in evacuating American prisoners from the Ploesti region. (711.71114A/9–944)↩