800.51W89 U.S.S.R/31: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 11—5 a.m.]
50. Your 36, April 9, 4 p.m. Rubinin called on me before his departure and expressed fear that Japan would be encouraged to attack the Soviet Union if relations between the United States and Soviet Union should become cool. Rubinin will arrive New York on Bremen April 19. He will have great influence in decision of this and other questions between the Soviet Union and the United States. He is personally more conciliatory than any other member of the Soviet Government.
Please arrange all possible port courtesies for Rubinin. It might be most helpful if in addition to conversations at the Department it should be possible for the President to express to him personally and vigorously his own view of the understanding with Litvinov.
Bogdanov informed me last night that as our Government had refused to give diplomatic status to the Soviet trade representative no trade representative would be sent but that he would return to the United States the end of May.