Editorial Note

There is a report entitled “American Relations with the Soviet Union” included as Appendix A in the book by Arthur Krock, Memoirs: Sixty Years on the Firing Line (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1968), pages 419–482.

President Truman had directed his Special Counsel, Clark M. Clifford, to have prepared for him a summary of American relations with the Soviet Union. In the preparation of this report, Mr. Clifford consulted several persons, among whom were the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The contributions received from these sources who had special knowledge in this field were assembled and summarized in the final report submitted to the President. Mr. Krock states that this report was placed on the President’s desk on September 24, 1946 (page 223). A copy of the report has not been found in the files of the Department of State.