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When Graebner called on Ambassador William H. Standley in Kuibyshev, the Ambassador suggested that Graebner visit the nearby Greek Orthodox church: "It's one of the things you can do in Kuibyshev." The Intourist guide to whom Graebner applied for information about hours of services said she had not the faintest idea...
...Times published this blunt declaration and appeal on the eve of Anthony Eden's visit to the U.S. (see p. 9) and two days after Ambassador Standley spoke up for the U.S. in Russia (see col. 3). The Times may have spoken out of turn, but London's one-great "Thunderer" does speak the mind of a potent section of British opinion. Its editorial was no more nor less than an extension of the point of view implicit in the Anglo-Russian pact which Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin arranged...
...high-ceilinged study of the Spazzo House in Moscow, a group of correspondents heard their host, U.S. Ambassador William Harrison Standley, say that the Russian people were not being given the full story of U.S. aid (TIME, March...
Element of Frankness. Most people wanted to know whether the Ambassador had been instructed to say his piece. Said Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles, "Whatever was said in this reported press conference was said without prior consultation with or reference to this Government." In effect: pipe down, Admiral Standley...
...President saved himself some talking (and caused some) by canceling his press conference the day after the Standley remarks were published. When he was questioned later about the "element of frankness in the character of our admirals," the President replied evasively that sometimes they were too frank, sometimes not frank enough. Mr. Roosevelt certainly knew how Admiral Standley felt on the subject. When the Ambassador visited Washington last October, he had been perturbed by the reticence of the Russians, particularly on military matters...