"Your Excellency the Secretary of State, when exactly will the United States be able to enter the war? We are about to be unable to hold on under the Germans' attacks. Now, the Germans have assembled more than ten million troops and are fiercely assaulting Moscow and Yuzefgrad. To hold these two cities, we are suffering enormous casualties every day! If the United States does not enter the war soon, we may collapse very quickly." The Buru representative to the United States poured out his grievances in US Secretary of State Hull's office.
The German military's fierce offensive on the Russian front had inflicted extraordinarily heavy casualties on the Russian forces. Almost every day, the Buru representative came to Hull's office to ask when the United States would enter the war.
Buru had now regarded the United States as its only hope. If the United States could enter the war in time, perhaps it could force the Germans to divert most of their strength to deal with it. That way, Russia would still have a sliver of hope for survival.
"Your Excellency, I believe I told you yesterday. We are making preparations for war, and they will soon be complete. Please rest assured, the Republic of America will declare war on Germany as soon as possible. We will not let Russia fight the Germans alone!" Hull said.
"Your Excellency the Secretary of State, could you give me an exact time? That way, I would have something to tell my country." The Buru representative spoke with a bitter face. The situation in Moscow and Yuzefgrad was becoming increasingly unfavorable for Buru. Telegrams arrived from home almost every day, demanding that he urge the United States to enter the war as soon as possible. This placed immense pressure on him.
"I'm sorry,