800.01B11 Registration/11–2149
The Secretary of State to the Attorney General (McGrath)
My Dear Mr. Attorney General: I have been advised that your Department now considers that Amtorg Trading Corporation has [Page 775] completed all the documentary requirements for registration in accordance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, and may therefore be considered as registered in accordance with that Act. This raises the question of what position this Government should take in connection with the indictment of the corporation and six of its officers in the United States District Court.
Under the circumstances, this Department believes that it would be in the interest of the United States that the prosecution of the corporation and its officers be discontinued. This Department is therefore prepared to join with the Department of Justice in a recommendation to the Court that the charges be dropped. This recommendation may be brought to the attention of the Court in such manner and under such circumstances as may seem to you to be appropriate.
Sincerely yours,