861.00 Congress, Communist International VII/55: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Bullitt ) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 21—6:18 a.m.]
361. Your 188, August 19, 6 p.m. List of delegates attending Seventh Congress has not yet been published. It is impossible therefore at this time to furnish names of all Soviet officials who participated. The names of the following Soviet nationals who are connected with the governmental apparatus have appeared in the Soviet press as having taken part in the proceedings of the Congress or having been appointed to various committees of the Congress (the Soviet governmental positions of the following are set forth in the personnel chart of March 15th, 1935).
Stalin (member of Presidium, Pravda, July 26th). Andreev (Commission on Speech of Ercoli, Pravda, August 17th). Zhdanov (referred to as being present in Pravda, July 26th). Ezhov (member of Commission on Speech of Dimitrov, Pravda, August 17th). Krupskaya (referred to as being present in Pravda, July 26th). N. N. Hohov (Commission on Speech of Ercoli, Pravda, August 17th). Pyatnitski (member of Presidium, Pravda, July 26th). Manuilski (member of Presidium, Pravda, July 26th, and member of Commission on Speech of Dimitrov, Pravda, August 17th). Lozovski (made a speech summarized in Pravda, August 10th). Knorin (member of Editorial Committee, Pravda, July 26th).
Other Soviet nationals reported by Soviet press participating in Congress who are not listed in chart are: Thai (editor of the Bolshevik, member of Editorial Committee, Pravda, July 26th). Chemodanov (made a speech summarized in Pravda, August 9th). Sokolov (made a speech summarized in Pravda, July 26th).
American delegates reported by Soviet press to have participated are as follows: Browder (member of Presidium, Pravda, July 26th, delivered two speeches, one summarized in Pravda, July 29th, and [the] other in Pravda, August 15th; acted as Presiding Officer on July 28th, Pravda July 29th, member of Committee on Speech of [Page 244] Dimitrov, Pravda, August 17th). Foster (member of Presidium, Pravda, July 26th; made speech referred to in Pravda, August 5th). Green (member of Committee on Credentials, Pravda, July 26th, delivered speech summarized in Pravda, August 9th). Sherman (member of Committee on Credentials, Pravda, July 26th). Caruthers (delivered speech referred to in Pravda, August 2d). Darcy (delivered speech summarized in Pravda, July 13th, member of Commission on Speech of Dimitrov, Pravda, August 17th). Ford (delivered speech referred to in Prdvda, August 15th, member of Commission on Speech of Ercoli, Pravda, August 17th). Hudston [Hudson] (delivered speech referred [to] in Pravda, August 17th). Martha Stone (delivered speech referred to in Pravda, August 10th).
Information in parenthesis does not set forth all activities of persons listed.