Office of the Historian

861.917/11–3044: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan)

Washington, November 30, 1944—11 p.m.

2762. The Soviet Embassy recently inquired6 whether there would be any objection to the publication in English and distribution in the United States of a Soviet informational magazine.

The Embassy was informed orally on October 3 that there would be no objection to the publication of the proposed magazine, provided, of course, that it was published in accordance with existing legislation, notably the Foreign Agents Registration Act.7

Since we have learned from OWI8 that Soviet officials appear to have some doubts on this subject, you are requested to confirm to the Foreign Office the attitude of this Government.9

Stettinius
  1. See the memorandum from the Embassy of the Soviet Union, September 27, p. 998.↩
  2. Approved June 8, 1938, 52 Stat. 631; as amended, approved April 29, 1942 (effective June 28, 1942), 56 Stat. 248.↩
  3. Office of War Information.↩
  4. Ambassador Harriman stated in his telegram 4831, December 14, 1944, that this information had been given to the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs (861.917/12–1444).↩