Telegram from United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union Walter Bedell Smith to the Department of State
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5-10-48
INCOMING TELEGRAM
Department of State-Division of Communications and Records
DECLASSIFIES
TOP SECRET
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D)
DEPT. of STATE LTR. 3.5.73
FROM :
Moscow
CYHIC-NLT NARS Date 3-14-73
To:
Secretary of State
NO:
NIACT, 867, May 10, 1.a.m.
US URGENT
EYES ONLY FOR THE SECRETARY FROM SMITH
The Soviet Grovernment has familiarized itself with the declaration of
the Ambassador of the USA, Mr. Smith, dated May 4, 1948, in connection
with the present state of Soviet-American relations. The Soviet Government
shares the desire, expressed in this statement by the Government of the
USA, to better these relations, and is in agreement with the proposal to
proceed with this aim towards a discussion and settlement of the difference
existing between us.
At the same time the Soviet Government considers it necessary to state
that it cannot agree with the Government of the USA that the reason for
the present unsatisfactory conditions of Soviet-American relations and the
tension in the international situation is a result of the policy of the
USSR in eastern Europe and to the increased influence there of the USSR.
As concerns the relations of the USSR with bordering as well as other
countries of Europe, the Soviet Government notes with satisfaction that in
CONERAGE
fact these relations following the war have significantly improved.
As is known, this has found expression through the exclusion of treaties
of friendship and mutual assistance between the USSR and these countries
which are directed exclusively against the repetition of aggression on the
part of Germany and its possible allies and which, contrary to the statement
of the Ambassador of the USA in Moscow, Mr. Smith, do not include any secret
protocols. The countries overrun by German aggression are particularly
interested in the conclusion of these agreements.
It is common knowledge that the USA also is carrying out policy of
strengthening its relations with bordering countries, for example, with
Canada, Mexico, and also with other countries of America, and this is fully
understandable. It is likewise understandable that the Soviet Union also is
conducting a policy of strengthening its relations with bordering and other
countries of Europe. The USSR will pursue in the future as well its policy of
strengthening friendly relationships with these countries of Europe.
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652. Sec. 3(E) and 5(D)
TOP SECRET
Ly HE-NLI NARS Date 3-14-13
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