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cae ARIE OTS ees we ae ~~ Return Address Addressee --*.- Postmark | SCCMeCESES 7 £OStmark a oe a ~ get Joseph Lash - ” New York, Ke¥. ~ 8 -West 9th str, coon ESS #7 Barracks 403 ~ --G.P.0, oe NYG 2 LD ghanute Field, Ill, _ Feb. 28 : : mo Abpmaty 0° : |. February 270 amen 7 talized with Sokirkin Yesterday he mentioned that -)_ “ooo ~hethed heard from Nikolai and had also read ‘sone of the speeches ~ _ =< he had given since nis return to Russia, He seid that in general: [ci 4. they spoke very highly of the United States though of course he 20> was erltical about the still incomplete unity the country, ... but what atruck Sokirkin most was that N,kolai was speak ing os . cf -Of Mrs, R, as if she were the ‘ost’ wonderful and unbelievably . - ov Wise person.dn _she-morlds™x - apparently s'tressed that of a . |. 2 ©ourse she did not believe &a tne Russians believec but that . <.'..'she was go honest that her beliefs did not prevent her from being | 7 & “Btaunch friend of Russia, The audience reaction apparently was “tremendous and I asked for these reports wich must de official Anti-Fascist Committee reports. I do not believe t hat theyare .- manufact 'p 1 - ssible. Willkie — rent: cut Called a straw fire (which is a saying =." used -in ~ German aswell, and” mesis’thet the heat of the moment ~ S-greab-but*has little staying power and has little planning’: ehind Tommy-does tot like Mme Chiang. ° Tin 8 she ‘is ‘snobbish, . polled ‘and not really democratic, Mrs, R, thinks that the = reason might be that the two Kungs (Mmes niece and nephew) who... >. are with Mne, are so-difftcult to est along with ana impress on ..~. everyonethat “they are the direct descendants of Confucius, 2osclc —_ That, perhaps, would not impress Tomny and might even annoy her.” | ef little, — ve a feeling that in some “of her utterances to sor. - erence last week Mme might with advantage have ~~. a - She did antagonize the <ewspaperwomen when. ~~ Jo. s8he stressed that the Chines people dia not went charity from’. <° us-dut only what one allied nation owed to the other wh - , -rearried a heavier snere of the fight, Doe, OS fe ‘itm sure you are right about the Stalin spe ; ae -8tlll think that it was moact to aepur on the Ruselans ange 2. “per! ; the English Government. - In any case the party = he hint and is planning b cond Second .° ¥" =: PRAMS TAAL 0 Page 2°