Foreign Relations of the United States, The Soviet Union, 1933–1939

611.6131/315

Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Eastern European Affairs (Kelley)²⁰

[Washington,] April 6, 1935.

If Mr. Litvinoff confirms in writing that Soviet purchases in the United States in 1935 will probably amount to some $30,000,000, I think that we should consider that such assurance is quite adequate and furnishes a satisfactory basis for generalizing to the Soviet Union tariff concessions accorded other countries.

You will note from the following figures that purchases in the amount of $30,000,000 will involve a considerable increase over Soviet purchases in the United States in recent years:

American Exports to the Soviet Union

1932	—	$12,640,891
1933	—	8,997,307
1934	—	14,866,515

Robert F. Kelley

20. Addressed to the Secretary of State, the Under Secretary of State, Assistant Secretary of State Moore, and Assistant Secretary of State Sayre.