was highly amused by stories recently in foreign newspapers. I consider Moscow as safe as any other city in the world. I frequently walk around after midnight or from the foreign office to my residence, a distance of half a mile, along dark streets, unaccompanied and unarmed. In all that distance I have encountered only one policeman and he was stationed on a bridge. Reports of street fighting and rebellious outbreaks are false. I believe that British and French propaganda designed them to prevent legitimate American business acti in this great Russian market. My economic theories are diametrically opposed to those held by the soviet leaders, but I am profoundly impressed by their idealism in theory. Moreover, I have confidence in their power to carry out their part of the agreements we have entered into. I believe that all of the combined governments of Europe are trying to disrupt and tear down the present Russian government."—"San Francisco Journal."
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