Evening star., 1933-11-19
PARLEYS ON SOVIET
TRADE CONTINUED
Brookhart Indicates Deals
Involving S120,000,O00
Near Completion.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Recognition an accomplished fact,
Maxim Litvinoff. Soviet foreign min
lister, yesterday gave a luncheon for
State Department officials who took
part in the conferences that led to the
restoration of diplomatic relations be-
tween the two countries.
Among the guests was William c.
Bullitt, the youthful Ambassador -desig-
nate to Moscow, who is expected to lead
future discussions with Litvinof. Bull
lit said no further discussions were
scheduled until tomorrow although
there might be meetings over the week
end
During the day the State Department
was informed by Litvinoff that the So
Wet government welcomed tbs appoint
ment of Bullitt, an expert on Russian
affairs and advocate of Russian recog
milton for many years. In view of
Bullitt'S past attitude, it had been al
most certain that Moscow would have
no objections to his becoming the first
American Ambassador to the Soviet
Union.
Tariffs Involved.
State Department officials said yes
terday that Henry Morgenthau, jr..
Acting Secretary of the Treasury. who
has been directing trade negotiations
with Russia, and Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation officials probably
would participate in future talks with
Litvinoff.
Outside of delicate political subjects,
the question of trade is one of the most
important between the two countries
1t involves not only credits, but tariff
matters; charges of dumping against
the Soviet Union and counter charges
surrounding American rulings on gold
Russia wants to buy machinery, cot
ton, meat products and other goods in
this country. The United States is
anxious to sell. But to buy. the
Soviet Union must be given satisfac-
tory long-term credits. and both sides
have been bargaining over this and in
tereSt rates for months.
Former Senator Smith w. Brook
hart, trade adviser to the Farm Ad-
1ustment Administration, who has
acted as intermediary in some of the
trade parleys, has asserted that Russia
would buy over $500,000000 in Amer
ican commodities In the near future II
credit could be arranged
Deals Pending.
He indicated he looked for the con-
clusion soon of deal involving be-
tween S50,O00,000 and S60,000000 in
American cotton; about $30.000,00O in
textiles, and possibly $30,O0O,OOO in
railroad equipment.
Peter BOgdanov, an official of the
Amtorg Corporation, Soviet trade
agency in New York, has been in
Washington during almost all Of Lit
vinoff's 11-day stay, but returned to
Soviet delegation said they did not
know whether he would return.
The extension of longtime govern
mental credits to Russia has been op-
posed in Congress by Senator Reed
Republican, Of Pennsylvania and Rep
resentative Fish, Republican, of New
York
Foes Of recognition yesterday were
generally silent, among those refusing
comment being William Green, presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor. He said he might have some
thing to say later.
Meanwhile, formal official interpre-
tation Of the lengthy exchange between
President Roosevelt and Litvinoff
which was made public by the Presi-
dent in announcing recognition, was
lacking.
Administration officials, however
discounted attempts to read a non
aggression pact into the language OF
the anti-propaganda communications
between Mr.. Roosevelt and the Soviet
commissar
1t was pointed out that the phrasing
used in the letter was very much like
that used by the Soviet Union in other
letters and treaties with other nations
Trials Law Changed.
But officials said the Soviet Union
went further than at any time previous
in pledging itself to prevent the forma-
ton Of residence on Russian territory
of any group or organization which
aimed at the overthrow by force of the
American Government.
Significance was attached also to the
guarantee that American nationals ar
rested in Russia would have the right
to be represented by counsel of their
own choosing, a departure from Soviet
precedent in the past.
Apparently well pleased with the re-
suit Of his mission, Litvinof spent most
of the day quietly at the home of Boris
Skvirsky, chief of the Soviet Union In
formation Bureau. A steady stream OF
messages of congratulation reached him
one from Senator William Borah OF
Idaho, who long has urged that Russia
be recognized.
Diplomats Informed.
One of the first tangible evidences OF
the change in relations between the two
nations was an order yesterday by Act
ing Secretary Phillips of the State De-
partment to al diplomatic missions. II
told American representatives to enter
Into cordial official and social relations
with your Soviet colleague in accordance
with the established practice of the post
at which you are stationed"
Phillips also told the diplomats that
Soviet passports should be treated
henceforth as passports of other recog-
nized governments.
State Department officials indicated
yesterday they knew the identity Of the
Soviet Ambassador to the United States
but said it would be extremely rude
to disclose his name before Moscow
made an announcement.
| Among the possibilities are Alexander
| Trovanovsky, former Ambassador tC
Japan; George Sokolnikov, former Am
bassador to Great Britain, and Caller
Mezhlauk, financial expert.
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