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661.11/36

Press Release Issued by the Department of State on March 1, 1941

March 1, 1941

In the course of his current discussions with Mr. Sumner Welles, Under Secretary of State, Mr. Constantine A. Oumansky, Soviet Ambassador, today made the statement on behalf of his government that goods which have been and are being purchased in the United States by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and including oil products and industrial equipment of all categories, are destined exclusively for the domestic needs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.