File No. 861.00/627
The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 7, 11.25 p.m.]
1954. Minister of War granted nominally indefinite leave, really removed and reported gone to monastery for recuperating. Bolsheviks reported preparing demonstration across the river where many factories located. Immediate cause is suppression of several Bolshevik papers including Gorky’s.1 Minister for Foreign Affairs thinks Government can suppress but no one can foretell result now.
Kerensky just spoken in Council of Republic and demanded to know whether council will support the Government.
- Maxim Gorky’s New Life. ↩