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FOR TBE PRESIDENT
Tne Kremlin'sailo construe tho OS aide memoir* ofay as an Invitation for direct eoBrersatlons between the SS end the OSSR;o "accept" this "proposal" may have- bean taken for tactical aa mall aa prop-agenda purposes. The Soviat response was obviously designed to" propaganda advantage both at bona aad abroadreating within tfcond tbeeeling of optlmJaa whichwoald ssssaMfjl ain defensellaying tba war fears of ths Soviet and Satolllteiving sanport to tba efforts of the westernto regain their popularnd (Ii)edge between thsnd the westers povsa-s.
The Soviat response say alao reflect an actual deslrw to participate in such conferenceseans of advancing theimmediate Soviat objective*! ohare is tbaand production of the Bnbr andat liftsre ad of Coameanlat lnflneno* in ths aeetern Zones by obtaininggri assart to toe reopening ofdiscussions ono wreak the European recovery program or obtain benefits frost tbat program by participation in the program (preferably undero persuade the western powers to sodlfy their present ambergoea on trade with tba OSSa and its Satellites.
Is abort, thaaa saoh to gain, aad little to lose, by entering into dlreot Soviat-US negotiations, and say even offer conciliatory gestures to this end. sowhere is tne DSSB reply, however, is thorn any indication of change in Soviet lcoarrange objectives.
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