. . . England and the United States of America, said Stalin, possess elementarily democratic liberties. There exist there trade unions for workers and employes. There are workers' parties and there is Parliament. . . .
Diplomatically, Russia and the democracies had come a pleasurable full circle. Franklin Roosevelt had squinted up his eyes, looked all the way across at darkest Russia, and had seen a church; Joseph Stalin squinted back and saw a picket line. In response to this recognition, the Soviet Foreign Commissariat appointed as Ambassador to the U.S. none other...
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