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Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State ( Moore )

[Extract]

The Soviet Ambassador, at my request, called this morning.

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The Ambassador, in discussing the situation abroad was very pessimistic, expressing the belief that while no war is now in prospect between the Soviet and Japanese, he believes that in less than two years there will be a war in western Europe.

R. W[alton] M[oore]