MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION WITH SOVIET POLITICAL ADVISER

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CIA-RDP65-00756R000600040011-0
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March 10, 1953
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Ampliwoesid For'Rtlipse 200#MMO mmmw M- (Security Classification) SERVICE DESPATCH FROM ? AP Illiannt o2 5i P. t. TO ,THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. WASIIINGTON. REF DO NOT TYPE. IN THIS SPACE 6R000600040011 -0 OCR.(463/34053 XS 601.00 .ilhpI&xlah 10s, 195 Iglarsh 10s, 195 DATE For Dept. Use Only SUBJECT: ACTION RECD DEPTN.: 'V OTHER he US IllePu*Y Paa 4iou ion, th. no ound fti.a views on num The Depertmtent may be "If the US went to ter the Sarno *sum* on the Soviet representative are attached hereto as Annex "A". oft oyiet El intent ? nt Aieksn4rov ous faefitilt 44 Ourrent specially Interested war with China.4 the ITSV1 THE HIGH CONCESSION= -"Dowling Commiasionerf Deput State Dept. declassification instructions on file WAD' OltioniEtb RESTRICT= ?Approved For Release 2000/08h2/3401ANRDP65-00756R000600040011-0 Retain in divisional files or destroy in accordance with security regulations. Page__Appromed For Relea" Desp. No '4 From__ 0075AROb6aakt00M-0 -ncl. No. ' Desp. No Frorn___Tiertna 7oU.wing the $xeautive Committee meeting on March 10$ a lengthy informal discussion ensued between Mr. A Z Aleksandrovo First Secretary of the Soviet Legation and Deputy tolitieal Adviser of the Soviet =went of the Allied Commission, and Mr. Skern or the VS Ambassy, regarding current world affairs. The two are represent& tivesi of their respective elements in the Political Directorate as wells and have frequently held friendly conversations over the past one and one-half years. Both were members of the Austrian Treaty Commission and of their delegation's to the Council of Foreign MiniSters in 1947-48 where they first became acquainted. the posit, Mr. Aleksandrov has proveo unusually frank in answers to qUestiona put to him, although he may precede one with a pro forma resume of the current *approved vice _- line), X* is exceptionally intelligent, polite, friendly* vilised, From his considerable time spent in the USA he sumes to know the "American view" and can therefore speak "objectively". He is quiet and reserved? and does not ordinarily initiate discussion twits', unless he la obviously in search of information. In further biographic and background information,, reference Should be made to Annex "A" of Xmbassy Despatch 748 of October 250 1952 At the luneh after the last Xxesutive Committee meeting, Aleksandrov made an obvious effort to engage Nr. Zorn in a private conversation where the usual pleasantries were followed by a discussion of world tensiona. In reply to the VS representa- vets question about Premier Malenkov's polioies1 Nr. Aleksandrov tated that they would not change from Stalls. "Since the Com- munist Party establishes policies,' he continued, "it is therefore quite impossible for a particular individual to alter the established vale., Miro Wern did not fully agree, maintaining that it was ossible to entirely eliminate human personality from so influ- al &position, Mr. Aleksandrov dwelt on the prospects for peace and some length, and concluded gloomily that the immediate fut was a most dangerous time". (Notes This is the third time in 2i months that Mr. Aleksandrov has expressed apprehension at th Imminence of global war, but this last occasion was certainly th most emphatic Be criticized US armament of Xurope and the eonstruction at VS bases on the periphery of the USSR Me then expressed voluble concern that Mr. Xlsenho ubliely stated the US intention of widening the Noreen co to include hostilities on the Chinese mainland. If the US wont to with China, he said, the USSR would "automatically enter the roved For Release 2000R08123-:-ClA=RDP651-00756R000600040011-0 RESTRICTED 110111101180?N Page a . Page Desp. N. Approved For Releas 20MESZSTICIA-RD 5-0015r60 From_ %110 (Classification) Desp. No. From_ wax g The US representative asked if that meant simply the USSR furnishing equipment and logistical assistance. No, he answered, it would mean all-out war. Mr. Eke= noted that the USSR was presently furnishing miUtar equipment to Communist China. while the VS was correspondingly assisting the Nationalist Chinese. If the two factions began war on the Chinese mainland, thus logistically supported, he asked, would that lead to US-Soviet hostilities? Mr. Aleksandrov acknow- ledged that Russia was equipping the Chines* Communist Armies, but did not have an answer to the question. The remainder of the long discussion was taken up with the familiar Soviet complaint against con?truetiofl of US base abroad, using the stereotyped comparison of US reaction to compara- ble Soviet construction on US borders, The questions of a united Europe, military alliances, satellite threats, to Europe, peaceful intentions of both the US and USSR, the attitudes of Messrs. Molotov and Beria? and the horrors of atomic warfare were also covered in the exchange. At all times Mr. Aleksandrov was most friendly, and has never been quite so talkative. Re volunteered a review of his background, education, military training, and family in the course of the conversation. Approved For Release wirbrlitnr"Tv J00756R000600040011-0