800.51W89 U.S.S.R./154: Telegram
The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Wiley) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 1—2:10 p.m.]
401. My 398.78 Survi, a Soviet official who is in intimate relations with the Kremlin, came to see me last night. He stated that Troyanovsky had been entrusted with a special mission in Japan and had been directed on his return to Washington to adopt a “positive policy”. My informant explained that the principal Soviet leaders were determined to pursue a friendly policy towards the United States.
My interpretation of the foregoing is that it confirms that Troyanovsky was unable to elicit any specific instructions and that specific instructions either positive or negative will not be formulated until sometime after the Marchandeau visit. In the light of this uncertainty it may be significant that Troyanovsky on his departure from Moscow parried all queries regarding the probable date of his arrival in Washington.
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