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CONF TOENTIAL
ARCHIVES "NATIONAL RECORDS of
SERVICE*
-19-
The Russian people are no where near the term of that
rhythmic swing which would put them in a frame of mind
again to enter in a contest. I would also add to that:
let's remember that never in Russian history have the
Russians ever, that I can remember. been enthused about
any deliberate aggressive action of their own outside of
Russia. The things which have really caused the Russian
people to get down and work and show this tremendous spirit
of sacrifice and endurance and enthusiasm have been the
attempts of foreign powers to plunge into the heart of the
country and the folly of foreign powers in giving the
Russians the feeling that they regarded them as dumb,
second-rate people who could be pushed around that way.
That really arouses Russian national spirit more than any-
thing else. But whether anybody will ever be able to
arouse the Russian spirit for different sorts of ventures,
I'm just not sure.
MR. BUTTERWORTH: With respect to the question of
recognition, the Chinese Communist authorities have now
announced that they have organized themselves as a gov-
ernment and they have addressed communications in a rather
terse fashion to the other powers. About the time that
the Communist forces crossed the Yangtze we made our first
approach to the other powers about this question of recog-
nition. The unexpected ease with which the Communist
armies swept down from Mukden to the Yangtze upset not
only the plans and concepts of the Nationalist Government
but those of the Communists, political and military
authorities as well. It is quite clear they never ex-
pected the kind of collapse that in fact took place.
So they began revising their own political time-
table and it became clear to us that about this time they
would organize themselves as a government and invite recog-
nition. As a matter of fact, we picked out the arbitrary
date of the Double 10 and that might well have been the
date. I have the feeling myself that the action of the
Chinese in Lake Success in bringing forth this case may
well have had the effect of hastening as much as possible
that timetable.
But about this time when Shanghai was being menaced,
through Ambassador Stuart at Naniting and through our
envoys in the friendly capitals, we broached the question
of recognition with the friendly countries. We pointed
out to them that we did not think this was an immediate
problem and that we did not expect that it would in
practice arise, although the world press and particularly
the
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