Editorial Note
The Log, ante, p. 461, states that Brown was sent to the Soviet Embassy to explain to Maximov why the President had decided to live at the American Legation and why he could not accept the Russians’ invitation.
According to a letter of February 19, 1954, from Dreyfus to the Historical Office of the Department of State (640.0029/2–1954), the circumstances of Brown’s visit to the Soviet Embassy were as follows: Roosevelt had indicated a willingness to stay at the Soviet Embassy if invited to do so by Stalin, and Dreyfus had communicated this fact to Maximov, but no indication of Stalin’s reaction had been received. Brown went to the Soviet Embassy, accompanied by Dreyfus, to see about a reply. Maximov told Brown and Dreyfus that he himself had not yet received a reply from Stalin, but that inasmuch as Stalin had already arrived at Tehran, the matter would be taken up with him there.