Evening star., 1951-09-28
The ForrestuI Diaries
Relations With Russio Rapidly Deteriorote
After YoItu; Firm Policy Adopted
3. The Russion Cloud

Edward R. stettnius jr, succeeding Cordel Hull as
Secretary OF State had accompanied President Roosevelt
Yalta and at of the regular meetings of the
Secretaries tate War and Navy after his return he
this glowing account of the results:
sTATE-WAR-NAvY
The Secretary of State-A successful meeting at
Yata particularly in his opinion regards Russian Aer
can relationship Every evidence he said of the Russian
desire to cooperate along all lines with United States
Russians not particularly interested having French
occupy part of Germany Expressed general lack of interest
IN De Gaule and for that matter in the Generalssimo
(Chiang Ka-shek)
staln-Molotov stated unequvocay arrangements should
be made by England Russia and United States long
the is on.
Minister (Churchi seems to be going through
sort of menopause he talked with great eloquence
meetings but did not follow in subsequent
substantive matters were dealt with with the vgor
The Yaa Honeymoon Ends.
(But within three weeks unfortunately Mr. Forrestal
was to learn that the Yalta honeymoon was over:
April, l945.
The Secretary of State serious deterioration
in relations with President has sent strong
message Stain deporng this condition which he points
out brought focus by the request have the ubn
Poles invited to San Francisco He reces the that
ties between Russia and this country knit together by the
necessities of war; are in danger of dissolution and
tons involved .
Ut is apparent that Mr. Forrestal was put at once
upon the alert The next SOodd of his diary
mainly occupied by copies of the kilograms in which
Averell Hartman from the Moscow Embassy anayzed
Russian polcy-wth what today rather striking
prescence-for the State Department "We now have
ample proof said one that the Soviet government views
all matters from the standpoint of their selfish inter-
es The Communist Party its associates everywhere
are using economic difficulties in under our re-
spopSbiy to promote Soviet concepts and policies and
to undermine the influence of the Western Allies" In
provision of the Marshall Plan Hartman was already
recommending the active use of economic aid to the
threatened including Greece well Italy" in
order to reestabish reasonable life for their peoples
He urged friendship toward the Soviet Union always
on Qud pro quo basis; and in another telegram dated
April H. warned that our experience incontrovertby
proved that it is not possible bank general good will
in Moscow"
Roosevelt Dies, Truman Takes Over.
Here, however, there a tragic interruption It
April IL that Franklin D. Roosevelt died suddenly
at Warm Springs and Harry S. Truman in as
33d President of the United States Mr. Truman" says
ForrestaS of the brief White House ceremony "re-
Sponded to the oath firmly and clearly"
(The Soviet problem to give the new Presi-
dent for rmness Molotov in Washington on his
way to the San Francisco Conference to establish the
United Nations, insisting that the Polish satellite
regime be invited Mr. Truman summoned White House
meeting at which Mr. Forrestal included consider
the issue. According to the diary:
The President said was seeing Mootov within the
hour and that he proposed to put it to him quite bunty
that Francisco Conference would go on whether
the Russians attended that Mootov
to transmit to Stain his he Presidents question as to
whether or not this meant that Russia did propose
depart from their expressions of cooperation YataA
said that part of the agreements which they had
entered with President Roosevelt at Yaa preached
he Presdent would consider that the entire Yaa
men longer binding any the parties interested
(Another record of the meeting, taken by c. E.
Bohen then special assistant in the State Department.
put it strongly: THE President said . that
he felt agreements with the so far had
been oneway street and that he could continue
1t was now He intended to go with the plans
for San Francisco and If the Russians did
join us they could 60 to hell" The view prevailed
and momentarily, at least it worked open the
question OF PolandS future and brought the
San Francisco without their Lublin satellites
Problems Remain After Reich's Collapse
1.-TWO days later the end was at hand in Germany
But in those days of crashing victory Europe Mr.
ForreSals mind was turning to the remaining probem)
May, 1915.
STATE-WAR-NAVY
Political Obiectives in the Far ques-
ton as to whether not it time to thorough
study of political objecves in the Far
these questions
How far and how thoroughly want to beat Japan?
(See FORRESTAI. Page A-3)