511.6121/11–2850: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
1105. Reference Department’s two OM’s October 26.1 Subject: Press: Amerika Magazine promotion campaign. After two weeks repeated attempts get appointment Ramsin, Soyuzpechat, who was stated to be sick, delivered today to Tarasov,2 assistant to Ramsin, copies of posters and proposed newspaper advertisements. Tarasov accepted copies and stated since latter involved question subscriptions to magazine would have to consult on matter and would give answer on two matters by telephone.
[Page 1270]Suggest that INP New York submit soonest complete text of advertisement for issue 49, adding list of titles contained in issue 50 which it desires to include in advertisement so that copy can be submitted censor soonest. This would make possible receipt of answer from Foreign Office on matter subscriptions, if Soyuzpechat doesn’t answer directly.
Also suggest that USIS, Moscow, change proposed newspaper advertisement and make it refer to issue 44 so that it can be submitted evening3 Moscow now, in connection appearance this issue.4
Suggest that both steps be taken without waiting for possible answer from Soyuzpechat on today’s visit.
- Neither printed.↩
- Tarasov was chief of the Distributing Section of Soyuzpechat.↩
- As received; probably a garble.↩
- The Department agreed to this suggestion in telegram 399 to the Embassy on December 8; not printed. (511.6121/11–2850) No important developments in relation to the magazine Amerika resulted during the remainder of this year. As Soyuzpechat returned unsold copies of issues of Amerika, a serious storage crisis arose for the Embassy in the Soviet Union. For the time being, the large number of returned copies, sometimes totaling approximately 30, 000 copies of an issue, had to be shipped to the Legation in Helsinki where storage space could be found, pending the determination of appropriate alternative places for redistribution.↩