ABSTRACT
Hopkins came to my room after dinner with Roosevelt and began to persuade me that Roosevelt is an ardent supporter of the second front in 1942, but that the American generals consider the situation on the Soviet front as stable and do not find it necessary to hurry with the second front. Hopkins recommended that I should draw a gloomy picture of the Soviet position at the meeting on 30 June for the American generals to comprehend the gravity of the situation. I thanked Hopkins for his advice and said I must speak about the seriousness of our position, not out of tactical considerations, but
