A file containing minutes and reports of the British government's Russia Committee, covering British reviews of Soviet world-wide policy, and monitoring of communist propaganda. Subjects discussed in the committee included East-West trade; Soviet policy in the Far East; and a paper entitled "Possible Conciliatory Moves by the Soviet Government". The paper on the Far East considers the impact of the signing of the Japanese peace treaty being perceived as a defeat by the Soviet Union. The discussion of East-West trade considered a despatch to Moscow following a report that the Soviet government feared a Western economic boycott, and wished to expand commerce with the West. Possible conciliatory moves considered included the appointment of a pro-Western Soviet ambassador to London or Washington; the release of British subjects held in the Soviet Union; or the easing of travel restrictions. Documents in the file include a valedictory despatch from the departing British ambassador in Moscow.
- Collection ID
- FO371
- Countries
- China Czechoslovakia East Germany India Indochina Korea Poland United Kingdom
- Department Reference
- Code NS file 1053 (papers 33 to end)
- Document Type
- Meeting Minutes Memoranda Reports
- File Reference
- FO 371/94845
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fo371.094845
- Pages
- 112
- Persons Discussed
- Alvary Gascoigne Andrei Gromyko David Kelly Frank Roberts Harry Hohler Pierson Dixon
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Soviet Union
- Themes
- International Relations Economics and Trade