Winston Churchill's congratulatory message to Stalin on his 62nd birthday.
Stalin's reply.



No. 26

Received on December 21, 1941

W. CHURCHILL TO J. V. STALIN

I send you sincere good wishes for your birthday and hope that future anniversaries will enable you to bring to Russia victory, peace and safety after so much storm.

No. 27

Sent on December 27, 1941

J. V. STALIN TO W. CHURCHILL

Thank you very much for your kind birthday wishes. I avail myself of this opportunity to convey to you and to the friendly British Army my hearty congratulations on their latest victories in Libya.

Source: Correspondence between the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR and the Presidents of the USA and Prime Ministers of Great Britain during the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1944. Vol. 1. Moscow 1957. (The Internet Archive)

Hitler's, von Ribbentrop's and Kuusinen's congratulations to Stalin on his 60th birthday.

Finland in Great Power politics | Back to the history page..