Northern (N): Soviet Union (NS). Soviet World Wide Policy: Western Discusssions and Attempts to Assess Soviet Intentions Towards the Rest of the World, Including China; Reorganisation of Form and Circulation of the 'Crystal-Gazer', Popular Name for HMG Russia Committee's Summary of Indications Regarding Soviet Foreign Policy

A file containing reports on Soviet world-wide policy and intentions and on Chinese intentions in the Far East and South-East Asia, and reports of trends in communist propaganda. Documents include discussions of trends in Soviet policy relating to subjects such as Norway and the Atlantic Treaty, and Turkey's accession to NATO; the Soviet Peace Offensive and the United Kingdom's view of the Soviet Union; possible conciliatory moves by the Soviet government; Soviet propaganda attempts to arrest progress in Western defence and disrupt rearmament; a survey of Soviet foreign policy by North Atlantic Council deputies; discussion of a meeting between Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, and Andrei Vyshinski, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs; and a discussion of American thinking on the Soviet Union. Soviet propaganda trends discussed include references to East-West negotiations, desires for peaceful coexistence, attempts to compare president Truman's policy to Hitler's, disarmament, and the creation of an all-German democratic government.