Riga is currently the capital city of Latvia which is located in the baltic region and it shares border with the Russia (formerly known as Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R) )
Prior to 1933, when the United State of America extended diplomatic recognition to the Soviet (now Russia) there was no relation between the two nation and Russia just had a revolution thus; a fact finding team known as the “Legation Officers” were sent to investigate the Soviet Union. These legation officers were known as “Riga Axiom” .
They were so referred to because Riga served as their base due to the proximity to mother Russia. The legation officers used it a base for the U.S State Department Observation post on Moscow (the Soviet capital). The Riga Axioms served as a catalyst to U.S foreign policy towards the Soviet Union. They advocated the creation of a “Cordon Sanitaire around the Soviet Union and even oppose the U.S supporting them when the Nazi invaded on June 12 1941.
http://ppl.nhmccd.edu/~craigl/27.html
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