Department of State, Office of Public Affairs, Information Memorandum Number 59, Efforts by the United States to Cooperate with the USSR
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OCR Page 1 of 14DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D)
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DEPT. of STATE LTR. 3-6573
NARS Dat3-14-73
September 19, 1949
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM NO. 59
While this memorandum itself is not for
release, officers participating in public
liaison through speeches or background
talks may find this material useful in
answering questions.
EFFORTS BY THE UNITED STATES TO COOPERATE WITH THE USSR
1. There is attached a summary which shows the specific
instances in which the US has attempted to cooperate with the
USSR for the attainment of international peace, and the
negative responses of the Soviet authorities to these over-
tures. (While similar or parallel endeavors have been made by
Great Britain and other Western Powers, this paper deals only
FRUMAN
with United States policies and activities.)
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2. It will be observed that the American efforts have
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SOURSEY
extended over a wide front and that the response has been
prevailingly negative. On our side, the extensive American
newspaper reporting of and high praise for the Russian stand
at Stalingrad, and for subsequent military successes will be
recalled. On the other hand, little recognition of the
American military effort or of our Lend-Lease assistance to
the Russians was ever made known to the Russian people
through their press and radio, and recent Soviet propaganda
has disparaged the US contribution to the war. The Soviets
also failed, as General John R. Deane pointed out in his
book Strange Alliance, to reciprocate a,t all in the exchange
of military and technological information, despite the vast
amount of such information supplied by us. Finally, the
Soviet Government has failed to make any effort to reach an
agreement (even on the scaled-down basis offered by us) for
settlement of its Lend-Lease account, although such agree-
ments have been successfully negotiated with nearly all
other countries to which we extended Lend-Lease facilities
and supplies.
3. The post=war efforts of the US to reach a basis of
understanding and agreement with the Soviets have likewise
been repulsed. UNRRA aid (of which the United States
contributed 72 percent) was sent to Russia, but little
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