BOOK OF THE DAY
REPORT ON RUSSIA Mission to Moscow. By Joseph E. Davies. Angus and Robertson Ltd. 511 pp. (14/6) United States Ambassador in Russia from 1936 to 1938, Mr Davies has been permitted by the State Depart- | ment to print here his confidential reports and letters. These, with much unofficial and equally valuable material, reveal the gifts of an excellent observer. Fortunately neither routine nor extraordinary problems oi ji diplomacy much hindered him from ; using them—or he did not let them. A i; "brief on the facts," prepared at the ji end of his mission, is a masterly com- .; pressed survey. The "utter destruc:i tion of the liberty of thought and |l! speech" chilled him, but did not warp j;! his estimates of Russian social pro- «:! gress, military strength, political coij,l hesion, and foreign policy. Stalin he || summed up as "a strong mind .. . |j composed and wise." This report on II Russia yesterday has first-class value ji to-day v
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23744, 16 September 1942, Page 4
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