861.00 Congress, Communist International, VII/20: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 20—3:20 p.m.]
293. This afternoon I was informed by a member of the Soviet hierarchy, whose statements to me in the past usually have been reliable, that the Congress of the Communist International will meet today. He stated that the Congress would be brief and predicted that all resolutions and declarations would be published before August 1st. He asserted that no direct or indirect reference to the United States would be permitted. The delegates to the Congress, with the exception of Cachin, have remained in hiding and undoubtedly it will be most difficult for us to obtain authoritative information. It seems to me essential that I should remain in Moscow until the close of the Communist Congress and I have therefore canceled my arrangements to meet my daughter in Odessa this week.