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D. THE SOVIET NOTE OF AUGUST 23 AND THE WESTERN REPLY OF SEPTEMBER 23

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The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in France

Washington, August 25, 1952—7:26 p.m.

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The Ambassador-Designate in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Department of State

Moscow, August 27, 1952—2 p.m.

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The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, August 29, 1952—7:17 p.m.

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The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Gifford) to the Department of State

London, September 2, 1952—10 a.m.

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The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Washington, September 2, 1952—6:19 p.m.

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The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Gifford) to the Department of State

London, September 5, 1952—8 p.m.

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The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, September 10, 1952—11:57 a.m.

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The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, September 10, 1952—11:57 a.m.

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The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Gifford) to the Department of State

London, September 11, 1952—8 p.m.

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The Embassy of the United States to the Soviet Ministry for Foreign Affairs

[Moscow, September 23, 1952.]

Source: Reprinted from the Department of State Bulletin, Oct. 6, 1952, pp. 517–518. The note was delivered to Deputy Foreign Minister Pushkin at 4:40 p.m., Moscow time. For text of a statement by Secretary Acheson the following day commenting on the Soviet view of free elections and especially on the Soviet meaning of “independent”, “democratic”, and “peaceloving”, see ibid., pp. 516–517.