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ficials said that list would be added 10,
II necessity arose, at the time Of tho
fling Of applications for export licenses.
There Is no agreement, formal or
tacit, State Department officials de-
-cIared, as to the repayment Of the debt
owed the United States, either by the
czarist government or the 800. 900 900
which was advanced to the Kerensky
regime.
Door Not Wide Open
It does not mean that the door win
be wide open, for the declaration Of
the State Department that this govern
ment will assume none Of the risks incl
dent to trade with Russia will be han
dicap to many American firms.
political recognition, present or
future, Of any Russian authority ex-
ercising or claiming to exercise gov
ernmental functions is neither granted
nor implied by this action" the State
Department explains in its announce
ment. "It should be emphasized, more
over. that individuals or corporations
ayailing themselves Of the present op-
portunity to trade with Russia will do
so on their own responsibility and at
their own risk. The assistance which
the United States can normally extend
TO its citizens who engage In trade or
travel IN some foreign country whose
government is recognized by the United
States cannot be looked for in the pres
emf case, since there Is no official or rep
resentatiye Russian authority with
which this government can maintain
those relations usually subsistfng be-
"The action which the United States
Ia now taking in no wise constitutes
n recognition Of the validity of in.
dustriaI or commercial concessions
granted by any existing Russian author
ity. American citizens availing them
selves Of the present relaxation Of re-
strictions are warned against the risks
incident 10 the acceptance of commodi- :
ties or other values, the title to which
NAV later be brought into question.
HThe situation which at present pre-
walls relative to travel from or to
Russia will be unaffected by the re-
moyal Of trade restrictions. Passports
for Russia cannot be issued nor will
any change be made In the wise regula
tions now in force.
"Since It is not desirable at this
time to undertake negotiations with the
soviet postal authorities, the Postoffice
Department will be unable to accept
mall from or to soviet Russia. There
has never Oeen any parCel post con
vention between the United States and
Russia and this mode Of forwarding
goods is, therefore, unavailable"
Weaisens Soviet Propaganda =
It has been realized here that
the action of the Allies in refus-
ing to trade with Russia has been q
powerful weapon in the hands Of the
soviet propagandists. They have
spread the idea that Russia was being
made the martyr Of the capitalistic
greed of the outside world and that
these influences were bottling up Rus
sia in order to prevent the huge stores
of raw materials that the Russians had
from depressing the present high prices.
The effect Of that propaganda, gov
ernment officials realized, has been DO :
tent. Many manufacturers in the
United States have come to believe that
the remedy for the prices they are COM
PEELED to pay lies in Russia as we'll as
the opening up of a market for their
manufactured products. Administration
officials think a, few months of open