A file of reports, correspondence and memoranda concerning the evolution of worldwide Communism. The documents contain a report on the population of the Soviet Union; a selection of reports regarding trends within communist propaganda dating from early April 1950, featuring analysis of communist expansion; an article published in Pravda commenting on a speech by Dean Acheson, the United States Secretary of State, regarding tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union; a paper on the development of Communism in Latin America; and a paper presented to the Russia Committee on trade between East and West. Other documents discuss a proposed new economic policy towards Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union sent to British ambassadors around the world; and the report "Foreign Policy through the Looking-Glass", presented to the Russia Committee, analysing how the Western Powers have interacted with the Soviet Union since 1939 and assessing the state of Soviet foreign policy.
- Collection ID
- FO371
- Countries
- Argentina Austria Bolivia Bulgaria Burma Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador France Germany Haiti Honduras India Indochina Italy Japan Malaya Mexico Nicaragua Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Romania Thailand Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic Of) Yugoslavia
- Department Reference
- Code NS file 1052 (papers 34-40)
- Document Type
- Reports Correspondence Memoranda
- File Reference
- FO 371/86753
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fo371.086753
- Note
- Documents in this file were retained under Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958.
- Pages
- 197
- Persons Discussed
- Dean Acheson Frederick Hoyer Millar
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Soviet Union
- Themes
- International Relations Economics and Trade Domestic Politics
