800.00B Communist International/250: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley)
356. The following is an excerpt from the Radio Bulletin of May 24, 1943:
“At his press conference today, Secretary was asked to comment on the decision of the Comintern to dissolve. Secretary replied, ‘The [Page 536] dissolution of the Communist International is welcome news. The elimination of that organization from international life and the cessation of the type of activity in which that organization has in the past engaged are certain to promote a greater degree of trust among the United Nations and to contribute very greatly to the wholehearted cooperation necessary for the winning of the war and for successful post-war undertakings.’ Asked if he cared to say whether the United States had been influential in any degree in bringing it about, Secretary said he is not undertaking to discuss that at this time.”