V. O. Machinoimport v. Clark Equipment Co.

WEINFELD, District Judge.

The plaintiff is a commercial organization existing under the laws of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics with its principal office in Moscow, U. S. S. R. It neither engages in nor does it have a place of business in the United States. All of its officers and employees are citizehs and residents of Russia and all records and documents pertaining to the present action are located in Moscow.

In July 1946, following negotiations conducted principally in Washington, D. C., through representatives of the Soviet Purchasing Commission, plaintiff entered into a written…