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    "ocrText": "28 TRENDS IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY SINCE WORLD WAR I\nTRENDS IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY SINCE WORLD WAR I\n29\nMarch 8-Ambassador Standley charges Russian people are not given\nSeptember 8-Italy capitulates unconditionally and obtains armistice\ninformation about American aid to the U. S. S. R.\nfrom Great Britain, United States, and U. S. S. R.\nMarch 9-Sumner Welles disclaims Government responsibility for\nSeptember 12-Seven American aircraft make emergency landing in\nAmbassador Standley's charge on American aid.\nSoviet Kamchatka and crews are interned.\nMarch 9-Moscow radio broadcasts full statement on United States\nSeptember 26-An inter-Allied military-political commission, including\nshipments to U. S. S. R.\nSoviet representatives, is established at Algiers.\nMarch 25-Japan and Russia extend fisheries convention through\nOctober 12-President Roosevelt defends U. S. S. R. against Senate\n1943 season.\ncriticism over failure to give Allies bases in Siberia.\nApril 25-U. S. S. R. breaks relations with Polish Government in\nOctober 13-Allied Powers recognize Italy as cobelligerent.\nexile.\nOctober 15-Stalin receives Donald Nelson.\nThe Soviet Government charged that the Poles were in contact\nOctober 19-Conference of Cordell Hull, Eden, and Molotov opens in\nand accord\" with Hitler in conducting a hostile press campaign\nMoscow.\nagainst the U. S. S. R.\nOn November 2, an official communique covering meeting was\nMay -Soviet Foreign Office issues statement to Anglo-Americar\nreleased. It revealed that the Allies had pledged themselves to\npress on Polish-Russian relations.\nfight until their enemies surrendered unconditionally and to con-\nThe Foreign Office declared that in response to pro-Hitler\ntinue to act in unison to guarantee world peace.\nelements within it, the Polish Government in exile had provoked\nSpecific accomplishments included: (1) Creation of European\nthe Soviet Union into breaking relations. The statement insisted,\nadvisory commission and Italian advisory committee; (2) joint\nhowever, that the U. S. S. R. did not intend to form another\npledge to restore independence of Austria; and (3) agreement to\nPolish government on Russian territory, but expected the Polish\ntry German war criminals.\nGovernment in exile to remedy the situation.\nOctober 22-U. S. S. R. agrees in principle to resumption of diplomatic\nMay 3-Kosciuszko division of Polish soldiers is formed in U. S. S. R.\nrelations with Polish Government.\nto fight against Germans.\nNovember 4-United States Ambassador announces to Russia estab-\nMay 13-Union of Polish Patriots in Soviet Union, publishes declara-\nlishment of United States military mission to Moscow under Gen.\ntion of aims and activities.\nJohn Deane.\nMay 18-Tokyo radio warns that granting of air bases in Siberia to\nNovember 9-U. S. S. R. participates in the establishment of UNRRA.\nUnited States would lead to attack by Japanese.\nNovember 6-Izvestia editorial states that Soviet-American relations\nMay 20-Joseph Davies arrives in Moscow as personal representative\nare nowhere in conflict.\nof President Roosevelt.\nNovember 22-U. S. S. R. does not participate in Cairo conference of\nMay 26-Russian delegation at food conference approves United\nChina, Great Britain, and United States.\nStates resolution for an interim food commission.\nThe parley ended November 26 with the participants agreeing:\nJune 4-Roosevelt tells press conference that understanding and\n(1) To press the war against Japan; (2) to renounce all territorial\naccord between himself and Stalin are excellent.\nclaims for themselves but to strip Japan of islands acquired since\nJune 10-Communist International is officially disbanded.\n1914; (3) to restore Manchuria, Formosa, and Pescadores to\nOn May 28, Stalin asserted that the dissolution of the Comin-\nChina; (4) to expel Japan from all other territories taken by\ntern was \"proper and timely\" and \"exposes the lie of the Hitlerites\nforce; (5) to guarantee Korea's independence; (6) to fight until\nthat Moscow intends to intervene in the life of other nations.'\nJapan surrendered unconditionally.\nJune 15-U. S. S. R. announces reorganization of diplomatic service\nNovember 27-U. S. S. R. and Uruguay reestablish diplomatic rela-\non career basis along traditional lines as of May 28.\ntions.\nJune 30-U. S. S. R. and Ethiopia establish diplomatic relations.\nNovember 28-Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet at Tehran to\nJuly 4-General Sikorski is killed in an airplane crash, and Miko-\ndiscuss war and postwar problems.\nlajczyk becomes acting Prime Minister of Polish Government in\nThe conferees issued a communique on December 1, in which\nexile.\nthey announced determination: (1) To work together in war and\nJuly 9-In tribute to General Sikorski, Izvestia declares that U. S. S. R.\npeace; (2) to concert plans for defeat of Germany; (3) to seek\nstill believes in a strong and independent Poland.\ncooperation and participation of all nations interested in elimi-\nJuly 13-Anti-Fascist Germans in Moscow form \"Free Germany\nnating tyranny, slavery, oppression, and intolerance.\nCommittee.\"\nDecember 6-In Kharkov, Russians hold first trial of Germans guilty\nJuly 29-Soviet Government warns Sweden and Turkey not to give\nof war atrocities.\nasylum to Mussolini and other war criminals.\nDecember 8-Reuters reports formation of Yugoslav Committee of\nAugust 21-Gromyko replaces Litvinov as Russian Ambassador to\nNational Liberation in Moscow headed by Tito who was chosen\nUnited States.\nmarshal of partisan army.\nAugust 26-Soviet Government recognizes French Committee of\nDecember 12-U. S. S. R. and Czechoslovakia sign treaty of friendship,\nNational Liberation.\nmutual assistance, and postwar collaboration.\nAugust 26-U. S. S. R. and Egypt establish diplomatic relations."
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