711.61/754: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 26—1:29 a.m.]
1231. With reference to the information contained in my 1217, September 24, 2 p.m.,92 the Soviet press has continued through the medium of news despatches and summaries of the American press, as well as occasional articles, to display great interest in various aspects of American policy. The views set forth in the comments have followed along lines previously reported in that up to the present the mainsprings of American policy have been presented as purely imperialistic and based upon the desire of the United States to take advantage of the war in Europe to consolidate its hegemony over the Western Hemisphere and strengthen its position in the Far East. However, as previously reported, the prominence given to developments in American foreign policy, despite the criticism of the alleged motives thereof, would appear to indicate that the Soviet Government is not displeased with the recent negotiations with England nor to what is characterized as the “intensification” of American policy in the Far East in opposition to Japan.
- See vol. i, p. 346, footnote 62.↩