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    "ocrText": "J. 333305MONO-State\nGalley 415\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\ngovernment were Fascist in their outlook, that they maintained\ncontact with bandits who interfered with supply lines leading to the\nSoviet Union, that their continuance in office was detrimental to the\nprosecution of the war. At the height of the controversy Izvestiga\nasserted that there was no legal basis for the presence of American\ntroops in Iran. Saed Xiaedden [Seyid Zia-ed-din] was a favored\ntarget for attack and there were frequent reports of mass meetings\ndemanding that he be exiled. Following Saed's resignation it was\nurged that he and responsible members of his government be brought\nto trial. Pressure for immediate grant of oil concessions relaxed but\nthe Soviets made it clear that they did not intend to drop the issue.\n12. Most significant development in Soviet policy in the Far East\nwas Stalin's definition of Japan as an aggressor nation in his Novem-\nber 6 speech. Foreign Press reaction to this departure was played\ndown but the new line gradually became apparent by subsequent Press\nmaterial. The sharp denunciation of Japan made at the Congress of\nthe British Communist Party was published. A book on the siege of\nPort Arthur in the Russo-Japanese war, publication of which had\nbeen withheld for several years appeared and was favorably reviewed\nin the Press. The regular reviews of the Pacific war stressed the\nworsening situation of Japan from the damage being caused by B-29\nraids. While Press handling of Japan continued to be cautious and\ngingerly, Soviet dislike of the Japanese was much more clearly appar-\nent than a year ago.\nHostility continued to be expressed toward the Chiang Kai-shek\nregime because of its failure to reach an accommodation with the\nChinese Communists. No enthusiasm was shown for the cabinet\nchanges which were viewed as merely a change in lineup without any\nfundamental modification of policy or direction.\n13.\nGreat interest was manifested in the return of all categories of\nSoviet Nationals or persons who could be claimed as such particularly\nthose found among German forces captured by Allies. A special\ncommission was established to expedite repatriation. Extreme\ntouchiness was shown over reported reluctance of many of these\npeople to return and over alleged encouragement being given to such\nsentiments by foreign authorities. Press stories of warm reception\naccorded repatriates did not check with reports of Embassy observers\nand apparently reflected a desire to disarm the suspicions of those\nstill abroad. Population transfers along western borders continued.\nPress devoted much space to the progress of reconstruction in the\nBaltic area while inveighing against so called \"Bourgeois-Nationalist*\ngroups both there and in the Ukraine. It seemed clear that Nation-\nalist remnants survived in these areas and were creating difficulties\nfor the Soviet authorities.\nWhile occasional anti-religious articles still appear in the press the\ntrend is increasingly toward recognition of the church as a beneficial\nfactor in Soviet society. Metropolitan Nikolai and other churchmen\nwere awarded defense of Moscow medals. A meeting of the Holy\nSynod to elect a new patriarch was announced for January. All the\neastern patriarchs were invited to attend.\nHARRIMAN"
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