800.51W89 U.S.S.R./77: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 7—6:45 a.m.]
173. Litvinov yesterday at luncheon at his country house brought up the matter of Troyanovsky’s conversations in Washington. He asserted that Troyanovsky had inquired of the Department if a statement of the Soviet’s contemplated purchases in the United States might serve as a starting point for further discussions and that the Department had replied in the negative. He added that so far as the Soviet Government was concerned the matter was now at rest. I replied that I had no information with regard to any approach to the Department by Troyanovsky. Thereupon we were interrupted, Litvinov went out of his way to be personally cordial yesterday and it is my impression that he hopes now that negotiations with regard to claims and indebtedness will lapse into a peaceful and permanent coma.