5. But this prediction is based on the assumption that the Russians did not suspect us of having designs hostile to her security, and that largely depends on whether she is satisfied with the measures taken to render·Germany (and Japan) innocuous. Should she not be so satisfied (and her demands are likely to be high and her methods perhaps very drastic to British and American eyes), she will always be in fear of an eventual combination with Germany against her, her attitude to this country will be suspicious and potentially antagonistic, she will be more preoccupied with her own security and will take her own measures to provide for it.