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THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON 25
STATES
OF
Mar 14 46
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. President:
As you may recall, in the course of our talk on
Tuesday I suggested that we would have a better chance to
improve our relations with the Soviets if, in addition to
our new diplomatic effort, we also made a new approach
along economic and trade lines. I am hopeful, as I know
you are, that General Bedell Smith will succeed in break-
ing the present diplomatic deadlock in .S.-Soviet relations
and that he will find a way of persuading the Soviet Govern-
ment of the advantages of cooperating with the USA and with
the UNO in settling outstanding international issues.
I am deeply convinced that General Bedell Smith's
task would be made easier and his success more lasting if
we could also at the same time discuss with the Russians
in a friendly way their long range economic problems and
the future of our cooperation in matters of trade. We know
that much of the recent Soviet behavior which has caused us
concern has been the result of their dire economic needs and
of their disturbed sense of security. The events of the past
few months have thrown the Soviets back to their pre-1939
fears of "capitalist encirclement" and to their erroneous
belief that the Western world, including the USA, is invar-
iably and unanimously hostile.
I think we can disabuse the Soviet mind and streng-
then the faith of the Soviets in our sincere devotion to the
cause of peace by proving to them that we want to trade with
them and to cement our economic relations with them. To do
this, it is necessary to talk with them in an understanding
way, with full realization of their difficulties and yet with
FORVICTORY
more
BUY
ATIONAL
UNITED
ARCHIVES AND
STATES
LOORDS
WAR
SERVICE"
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
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