Evening star., 1942-10-05
U. S. and Britain Due
To Ask CIorificotion
Of Statement
Continued From First Page)

In the form Of q letter answering
three questions submitted to hin
4 In writing by this correspondent
chief Of the Moscow bureau Of the
Associated Press, and represented
the Soviet Premier's utterance on
the second front issue In more than
q year.
Text Of Stalin's Letter.
The text of the letter, typed on
o plain sheet of white notepaper
sand signed In a bold hand, follows:
Dear Mr.. Cassidy:
Owing to the pressure Of work
and my consequent inability to
grant you an interview, / shall
confine myself to brief written
answer to your questions.
"One: What place does the possi-
bility of a second front occupy In
:, the Soviet estimates OF the current
--Situation7'
Answer: A very important place
--one might say place Of first
rate importance.
Two: To what extent Is Allied
aid to the Soviet Union proving
effective and what could be done
to amplify and improve this aid7'
Answer: AS compared@ with the
aid which the Soviet Union is giving
to the Allies by drawing upon itself
the main force OF the German
Fascist, the aid of the Allies to
the Soviet Union has so far been
little effectiye. In order to amplify
'sand improve this aid. only one thing
y required: That the Allies fulfill
their obligations fully and on time.
Three: What remains of the
Soviet capacity for resistance?'- 4~.
Answer: think that the Soviet
capacity of resisting the German
brigands is in strength not less, If
not greater. than the capacity Of
Fascist Germany or of any other
aggressive power to secure for
itself world domination.
j. STAIN"
Confirms Churchill Report.
-. This communication, written in
Russian and accompanied by an
authorized English translation, was
handed to me yesterday by Nikolai
Palgunov, chief of the Foreign Once
press department, only "A hours
Nfter I had submitted my queries
1T the gate of the Kremlin.
" In effect, it confirmed the report
Which Prime Minister Churchill car
ried back to Britain after his visit
to Moscow in August-that Russia
is not satisfied With the support
she has been receiving from her
Allies.
Stain himself made no statement
after Mr.. Churchill's visit-in fact,
shis last public reference to the sec
.ond front question was on Novem-
Sber s, 1941. when he told meeting
fof Communist party leaders cele-
sbrating the anniversary OF the Boil
kshevist revolution: =
Ia "One of the reasons for the re-
(. verses of the Red Army is the alb
sssence of a second 'front.'" -. --
hi The second front has been
major issue since Foreign Comq1issar
sMolotov's visit to London and wash
Angton last May and the subsequent
spublication of joint American and
4 British communiques announcing
Shat complete understanding WAS
reached with regard to the urgent
tasks of creating q second front In
Europe In 1912"
Frequent Press References.
There have been frequent press
references to the question since then
in the Soviet press, which has re-
:hected the belief that the main
obligation Of the Allies is the OPEN
ing of second front.
dispatches from London said
Stains statement had received
! wide attention in Britain)
The Soviet people learned today
OF their leaders feelings over the
Jack of second front and insuffi-
cient aid through Pravda, Commu-r
mist Party organ. which carried
front-page story headlined:
Answer of Comrade Stain to
questions of correspondent OF Amer
ican agency, the Associated Press
His letter was printed in full, but
there was no comment.
4 This was the first time the people
had learned of Stains views in such
strong language.