U.S. At War: Mission ll-and I

Joseph Davies was off this week on a second mission to Moscow. In his well-packed luggage the rich, Russophile ex-Ambassador to Russia carried enough de hydrated foods of the right kind to humor his delicate stomach (he had rested for three weeks in Boston's Lahey Clinic pre paring for the trip). More important, in his brief case he bore a note whose con tents were known only to Franklin Roosevelt and his secretary, Grace Tully — a note addressed personally to Joseph Stalin.

Behind him, Joe Davies left one of the hottest intellectual hubbubs...

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