Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, Europe, Volume IV

861.917/9–2744

Memorandum From the Embassy of the Soviet Union²⁷

Washington, September 27, 1944.

The magazine²⁸ is planned to be issued once a month on approximately 64 pages. There will be a subscription rate for it. The circulation and price of a single copy of the magazine has not yet been determined.

The general character of the magazine—social-political and literary-artistic. The following material will be published in the magazine:

1. Articles on international situation and foreign policy.

2. Articles on industry, agriculture and state structure of the U. S. S. R.

3. Information on science, art and sports in the Soviet Union.

4. Stories on life in the Soviet Union.

It is proposed that the magazine will be illustrated. It is also proposed that it will be published in New York where the editorial office will be located.

27. This memorandum was left by the Counselor of the Soviet Embassy, Alexander Nikolayevich Kapustin, on September 30, with Charles E. Bohlen, the Chief of the Division of Eastern European Affairs.
28. The proposed Soviet magazine referred to in the memorandum of September 19, p. 991.