#HistoryOfDiplomacy

#HistoryOfDiplomacy 90 years ago, on November 16, 1933, the Soviet Union and the United States established diplomatic relations. Following the 1917 October revolution, the United States initially refused to recognise Soviet Russia as a state and took part in the armed intervention. The outcome of the Civil War showed that Washington would have to show consideration for the new Moscow government. ️ The interest of American businesses in trade with the Soviet Union, especially against the backdrop of a severe economic crisis, and a desire to restrict Japan’s expansion in the Far East forced Washington to recognise the young Soviet state. In October 1933, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent a letter to Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, in which he wrote about the United States’ desire to start negotiations on official recognition. In November, Soviet Commissar of Foreign Affairs Maxim Litvinov arrived in Washington, where he held hours-long talks with President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull during which they ironed out their many differences. Prominent diplomat Alexander Troyanovsky was appointed the first Soviet plenipotentiary representative to the United States. The first US Ambassador to the Soviet Union was special assistant to the US Secretary of State William Bullitt. His memoirs, in which he describes his stay in Moscow, are noteworthy. From the Foreign Ministry’s press release on the 90th anniversary of restoring diplomatic relations between Russia and the United States, November 15, 2023: This anniversary is an opportunity to review the positive historical experience of our countries, when our interaction was based on respect and a balance of mutual interests. These principles formed the backbone of the 1933 agreement on the resumption of bilateral diplomatic relations and remain fully relevant in today’s unprecedentedly complicated situation. #WeWereAllies Источник: InfoDefenseENGLISH