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...Ambassador to Russia Admiral William H. Standley took off from Moscow on a trip to Washington. The Admiral was in a mood of desperation. Before he left he made the astounding admission that he did not know what commitments the U.S. had made to Russia, or to what degree they had been met. He said he believed that Brigadier General Philip R. Faymonville, head of the U.S. Supply Mission in Moscow, had such information. The Admiral added: "There seem to be obstacles to the flow of American munitions to this country. Someone may have dropped a monkey wrench into...
...Thirty-Eighth. To most observers this seemed, simply, a hell of a way to run a war. There were many signs that Ambassador Standley was correct in worrying about what he did not know, that U.S. aid-to-Russia had been wretchedly managed. Soviet officials in London admitted that Britain had met her pledges during the nine months ending last June, but said that the U.S. had delivered only 75%-and that this figure, far from meaning cargoes reaching Russia, included deliveries accepted by Soviet agents in U.S. ports...
Known to be representing the U.S. in "urgent conferences on means to save Russia now" were Admiral William Harrison Standley, U.S. Ambassador to Russia, who flew from the Soviet Union's alternate capital, Kuibyshev, and Major General Follett Bradley of the U.S. Army Air Forces, who flew from Washington with a personal message to Stalin from President Roosevelt. Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, British Ambassador to Russia, also flew in from Kuibyshev. Others were Roger Garreau, head of the Fighting French mission to Moscow, and Major General William Steffens, Norwegian military attache...
...diplomatic and military missions were dined and vodkaed at an elaborate dinner in the National Hotel. Toasts went round to "Our Glorious Red Army . . . Our Glorious Allies . . . Our Glorious Leader, Tovarish Stalin." If Churchill and Bullitt were in Moscow, they, too, were toasted. It was no secret that Ambassador Standley whiled away his spare time hitting golf balls against a backyard screen. General Bradley, abed with mild grippe, was unable to attend Thursday's ballet with Brigadier
...days when naval appropriations were not easy to get (1933-37), Admiral Standley rolled up a notable diplomatic record in his dealings with Congress. Retired since then, he has done some other jobs for Franklin Roosevelt. He served with W. Averell Harriman's mission to Moscow last fall, was impressed by Russian morale and equipment, returned to the U.S. convinced that Russia would hold out. Latest and most disagreeable job was as a member of Justice Roberts' commission investigating the U.S. disaster at Pearl Harbor...