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: , ‘ Lo * STANLARD FORM No, 64 - © Of Memorandum + TO. FES re PAPLOTI1/ 46 tues Giege 2 FROM: . a tee " ‘ SUBJECT ; ; Fo Yet careon oo, yi INTER Nyt SECURLTY: - R 7 ee Eng it - Your. attention is directed to the attached clipping from — Hise feat : | v the Washington Post for October 31; 1946, in which Wallace is: quoted Miss Gandy_ .as saying, "I refuse to think ‘that Secretary Byrnes and the State Departnent “ would have gone so far in risking war with Russia if they had ‘not been needled into it by Vandenberg and the Military." hee . im cait . . ’ - can vi vs Your attention is directed to the attached copy of "Political . Affairs" for October, 1946 and specifically’to page 879 containing an article | entitled “The: Policy of Anti-Soviet Encirclement" by James S. Allen. a 5 , Allen's article’; in | discussing the "Get Tough. Policy" states, "The a initiative was taken largely by the British, with the support of the United. States, while Vandenberg and other forces were,needling the Administration to. assume active leadership in organizing a new fexdfale encirclement of the USSR. " = ACTION: You | may wish to call this issue .of "Political Affairs" to the attention. of Mr. Nichols for his assistance at this time. | or ZA- UTES — BEX | ' REOORDED - RLISTORMATION SOD | wae g/ # he pees NORTE SN * BQ DEC 1010 © DAES ee Les BY SEIS