Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The Far East, Volume V

794.00/241: Telegram

The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, February 19, 1941—7 p.m.
[Received 7:27 p.m.]

311. I inquired of Vyshinski¹¹ last evening as to his views concerning the situation in the Far East. He would not discuss the Soviet-Japanese negotiations but expressed the opinion that the Japanese mediation in the Thailand-French Indochina conflict was a sign of weakness. He also expressed the opinion that Japanese economic and financial conditions are steadily deteriorating and said that he does not expect the outbreak of further hostilities in the Pacific in the near future.

Steinhardt

11. Andrei Y. Vyshinski, Soviet Assistant Commissar for Foreign Affairs.