Word: soviet-american
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Dulles saw the problem in another way. "The United States is engaged in a cold war," he said. "Secretary Acheson, in his recent California speeches, discussed the nature of Soviet-American tensions in terms that were profound and enlightening and with which I am in full accord." Dulles thought that the times urgently called for unity against "the despotic danger...
...member of the Council for Soviet-American Friendship, Marsalka recently extended an invitation to Dmitri Shostakovich to come to Yale for a "Peace Rally and Concert." Plans collapsed when university officials refused the use of a building for the rally and the State Department denied extension of the composer's visa...
...refusal of Truman and Secretary Acheson to leap eagerly after the Stalin lead is not a sign that the United States doesn't want to talk things over with the Russians. Regular diplomatic channels have always been wide open for Soviet-American discussions. Time and again, our government has made overtures through these channels to the Russians for conferences. And each time, the Russians have either refused or remained silent. In one case (the Bedell Smith episode), they seized on one of these diplomatic feelers and splattered it all over the front pages, instead of proceeding calmly to show...
...explained in detail how the "get tough with Russia" foreign policy would lead to clearly-defined and amicable Soviet-American relations, while a nebulous policy of compromise, such as he said the Wallace element advocates, would invite unlimited Soviet aggrandizement and make war inevitable...
...Boston Mather warned that in two or three years this country will sink into economic college unless European depression is avoided. As temporary chairman of the World People's Congress which gathers in New York City on November '29 he will probably introduce this issue with emphasis on soviet-American relations...