500.CC/3–2945: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 30—8:52 p.m.]
963. Personal for the Secretary. The British Ambassador tells me that on a call on Vyshinski on other matters he mentioned to Vyshinski that it was his personal opinion that the Soviets were making a mistake in not having Molotov go to the San Francisco Conference. Vyshinski, with whom it is usually possible to discuss frankly almost anything, flared up and told Clark Kerr that it was a mistake for Clark Kerr to have mentioned the subject as it was entirely the affair of the Soviet Government who represented them at San Francisco.
I am reporting this unusual incident as it, taken with other evidence, may shed light on the Soviet attitude towards the San Francisco Conference.’