Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Senator Owen Brewster, with Attachment

Extracted text

OCR Page 1 of 6
May 27, 1946. Dear Owen: I appreciated very much your note enelosing a letter from the Portland Young Men's Christian Association in regard to the exchange of offi- cials and educators of the Soviet Union. We have been endeavoring to do just that but it is only a one-way stroet. When Dr. Conant was in Moscow with Secretary Byrnes he was invited to address the Russian Acaderty of Sciences but was never allowed to make the address. Molotov asked him to nake it and then asiced Byrnes if he couldn't take a joke whon asked when he wanted him to make the address. We have been unable to get either newspaper bublishers or professors from this country any travel rights anywhere in Russia. The nembers of our Embassy staff are not allowed to go any- where without being accompanied. We have had Bussian newspaper men and Russian professors, and a great many other people of that nature over here, and have entertained them royally but we never get a return engâgement. We can't very well invade the ountry unless they want us. I am glad to hear from you - have wo dered why I hadn't. Sincerely yours, Harry Honorable Owren Brewster United States Senate Washington, D. C.