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Northern (N): Soviet Union (NS). Meetings and Conclusions of the Russia Committee Meeting Periodically in the FO to Consider Soviet Policy and World-Wide Intentions as Well as Chinese Intentions in the Far East.

1951

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.
india china trade united kingdom poland czechoslovakia indochina international relations peace treaties prisoners propaganda travel restrictions treaties soviet union oil korea world peace council economic aid rearmament economics and trade east germany food supplies soviet foreign policy Anglo-Soviet relations Chinese-Soviet relations British nationals abroad Andrei Gromyko Frank Roberts amnesties peace offensive Treaty of San Francisco Alvary Gascoigne Harry Hohler David Kelly Pierson Dixon
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

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