Question

In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt formally recognized the Soviet Union. During the Cold War of the 1950s and 1960s, military threats between the United States and the Soviet Union escalated, but the United States did not withdraw its recognition of that country. Why would a President want to continue recognizing a country when it has expressed hostility towards the United States?

Answer 1

Explanation:

In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt formally recognized the Soviet Union. During the Cold War of the 1950s and 1960s, military threats between the United States and the Soviet Union escalated, but the United States did not withdraw its recognition of that country. Why would a President want to continue recognizing a country when it has expressed hostility towards the United States?

Answer 2

Answer:

Roosevelt hoped that recognition of the Soviet Union would serve U.S. strategic interests by limiting Japanese expansionism in Asia, and he believed that full diplomatic recognition would serve American commercial interests in the Soviet Union, a matter of some concern to an Administration grappling with the effects of the Great Depression. Finally, the United States was the only major power that continued to withhold official diplomatic recognition from the Soviet Union.

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/ussr