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- -2- - if544, June 18, noon., from (Moscow) Kuibyshev.
The Counselor stated that although no progress
has been made in the discussions relative to transit
shipments to China the Soviet Government continues
ostensibly to desire to keep the question open.
HE is of the opinion that the refusal of the Soviet
Government so far to grant transit rights is based
on political and not technical considerations and
believes that the Soviet position is attributed
not only to a reluctance to provoke Japan but also
to a policy, which the Soviet authorities consider
politically unwise to alter at this time, of not
permitting military supplies to pass in transit
through the Soviet Union. This policy was set
forth in an order of the Commissariat for Foreign
Trade, datEd March 18, 1941, prohibiting the
transit shipment of arms, munitions, military sup-
plies, Et cetera through the Soviet Union, and was
reported to the Department at that time.
As I intend to continue to impress upon the
Soviet authorities the interests of my Government
in the question of the movement of supplies to
Chins, I would appreciate receiving any recent
information on this matter, and specially whether
it came under discussion during Molotov's visit.
STANDLEY
PDS
ARCHIVES RECORDS SERVICE
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