861.00 Congress, Communist International, VII/90: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 29—10:20 a.m.]
399. Your 206, August 28, 7 p.m. The Latvian Minister made an oral protest at the outset of the Congress against the attacks on the Latvian Government made by a Latvian delegate. He considers that his action prevented further attacks in subsequent speeches by Latvian delegates.
The Italian Chargé d’Affaires orally protested against the Congress in general and the speeches of Ercoli, an Italian delegate, in particular.
The British Ambassador also protested orally (see my telegram No. 359, August 19, 11 a.m.). He was informed that Sokolnikov received oral assurances from the British Government in 1929 that Comintern activities would not constitute ground for any British action against the Soviet Government. The British Ambassador denies that such assurances were ever given.
The Foreign Office censorship has insisted that foreign correspondents in referring to the foregoing protests should add that they were “rejected” by the Soviet Government.
The Japanese Counselor of Embassy informed me last night that the Japanese Government had made no protest.