«Red Threat» in the estimates of the USA press in 1939

The following paper deals with the research of the place and value of Russia’s foreign policy and its reflection in the USA public opinion. The study of information campaign around USSR’s foreign policy has its specifics and value: first, it gives a chance to establish new, unknown facts; secondly, to determine the level of knowledge of «another» (in this case, American) society about the Soviet foreign policy; thirdly, to understand what place information about Soviet foreign policy took in the USA in the system of the USSR image creation, the image of «the Soviet revolution». This paper uses materials of the USA press about USSR’s foreign policy in 1939. Besides, the author analyzes the image of the Soviet foreign policy in the American society. The information campaign around USSR’s foreign policy could report to the world about the Soviet foreign policy achievements as well as promote preparation (in the information plan) to the following large project – the image of the Soviet ally. Articles, reports, notes on USSR’s foreign policy of 1939 helped to change the attitude towards Russia / the USSR in the USA and helped to correct the image of the USSR in the world.