Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman, Latest Opinion Trends in the United States

E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) DECLASSIFIED SEURET of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 Dept. NITHE MARS Date 6.26.71 7, June 1945 By LATEST OPINION TRENDS IN THE U.S. A. A. Dissatisfaction with Big Three Cooperation Continues In late May and early June, popular dissatisfaction with Big Three cooperation was still increasing, accord- ing to confidential Princeton polls just received. These results were obtained at a time when press and radio were giving particularly critical attention to inter-allied differences; but by the end of the polling period public dissatisfaction was already beginning to decrease. "Do you feel satisfied or dissatisfied with the way in which Russia, England and the United States are cooperating with each other at the present time? April Early Late Jan (post-Yalta) May May Satisfied 46% 74% 58% 53% Dissatisfied 43 15 33 37 No Opinion 11 11 9 10 100% 100% 100% 100% Russia is still considered the country "chiefly to blame" for this lack of cooperation--21% of the total public naming the U.S.S.R., a.s compared to 8% naming England, and 1% naming the United States. B. Cooperation with Russia Desired--Bu Thought An overwhelming majority of the public (85%) thinks "it will be to the best interest of the United States to continue to cooperate with Russia in the future". At the same time, two-thirds of a national cross- section (66%) believe that "it is going to be hard to cooperate with Russia", while -- Only