711.61/762: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt)
685. Your 1373, October 20, 7 p.m. Department believes that it would be inadvisable for you to insist at this time upon an interview with Molotov for the purpose of discussing the questions set forth in the Department’s 614. Oumansky has recently received fairly comprehensive instructions from his Government permitting our negotiations here to be resumed.
Since the Department intends in the near future again to bring to the Ambassador’s attention the problems set forth in the last sentence of your telegram, it believes that it might be better for you not to press your appointment with Molotov until Oumansky has had occasion to bring to the attention of his Government the Department’s interests in these matters. On the other hand, the Department perceives no objection to your maintaining normal relations with Lozovski or Vishinski.