1945 (see Volume One of this book, p. 368, Doc. No. 493); in the Soviet
archives there is a reply from Churchill to the above-mentioned Stalin mes-
sage, but its contents are different (see Volume One, p. 370, Doc. No. 497).
The Roosevelt message to Stalin of October 13, 1941, mentioned by Sher-
wood, ¹ was sent to Churchill in copy for perusal and afterwards was handed
to the Soviet Ambassador in London by the British Minister Beaverbrook in
October 1941; but there is nothing in the archives to confirm transmission of
the message directly by U.S. representatives to the Soviet side.

Volume One includes the correspondence with Winston S. Churchill and
Clement R. Attlee, and Volume Two, the correspondence with Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman -- the correspondence with Roosevelt began
at a later date than that with Churchill.

* * *

The correspondence between the heads of the Governments published here
was conducted chiefly by exchanging code messages through the Soviet Em-
bassies in Washington and London and through the Embassies of the U.S.A.
and Great Britain in Moscow. The messages were decoded in the respective
Embassies and their texts delivered to the addressee generally in the original
language. Some of the messages were delivered by diplomatic post or by au-
thorised representatives of the Powers concerned.

The ordinal numbers under which the messages appear in this collection
have been supplied by the Editors.

An asterisk in the title of a message denotes that the document had no
title and that the title used has been furnished by the Editors.

The dates on which the messages were signed are reproduced in the
lower left-hand corner under the text. Where the date is missing in the orig-
inal the date given in this book is that of despatch or receipt.

Brief reference notes are appended.

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