An exchange of millions of books between the Soviet Union and the U.S. may result from the efforts of a College assistant professor now traveling in the U.S.S.R., it was learned last night.

CBS newscaster Alan Jackson reported that Martin E. Malia, assistant professor of History and research fellow in the Russian Research Center, has already broken precedent after precedent in his four-month stay in the Soviet Union.

Lenin Library May Exchange

A cable from CBS Moscow correspondent Dan Schorr said that Malia has been "astounded by his success" and looks forward to possible exchanges of "millions of books back and forth." Malia has bought many books already, and a recent decision by the Soviet Ministry of Culture has allowed, for the first time, all research libraries to take part in the project.

The Lenin Library, for example, wants American industrial and trade journals, and in return will send U.S. libraries valuable works long-coveted by the West, Schorr said. Almost every library Malia contacted is willing to provide and receive books, he added.

Malia is sponsored in his exchange of books by Harvard, the U.S. Library of Congress, Yale, Columbia, and the Universities of California, Washington, and Indiana.