711.61/544: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 3—9:50 a.m.]
406. The Moscow papers of this morning carry the following statement transmitted by Tass from Washington.
“There has been published in the American press the declaration of the Secretary of State (Minister of Foreign Affairs) of the United States of America, Cordell Hull, in connection with the exchange of notes between the Ambassador of the United States of America at Moscow, W. Bullitt, and Comrade Krestinski on the question of the activity of the Communist International.
The contents of this exchange of notes were published in the Tass communiqué of August 27th. The declaration of C. Hull comments in detail on the point of view of the American Government which was formulated in the above-mentioned note of the Government of the United States of America.”
No details as to the statement of the Secretary of State have been published and no comment has been made.
I am informed, though not authoritatively, that the Soviet Government is anxious now not to envenom further its relations with the United States and that it is not likely that hostile comments will appear in the press. If such comments should be published they would presumably be published tomorrow or the following day.
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