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811.42700 (R)/1–1047: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

secret
Washington , January 15, 1947—7 p. m.

73. Smith from Benton.1 Dept agrees with Embtel 55 Jan 10 that official notification of SovGov of radio broadcasting unnecessary but hopes a spontaneous opportunity will present itself. If such opportunity presents itself here we will informally mention to somebody in Emb the fact that broadcast’s are to start.

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Dept considers it unnecessary to follow Brit move in inviting Sov Amb2 to participate in first program.

Byrnes
  1. William Benton, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.↩
  2. Nikolay Vasilyevich Novikov, Ambassador of the Soviet Union in the United States, 1946–1947.↩