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The possibility of a breakdown of the anglo-Russian negotiations

After Painlevé's statement on France's participation in the London talks and Herriot's visit to MacDonald, it was thought in Moscow that the conference with Russia might be postponed indefinitely.

The possibility of a breakdown of the anglo-Russian negotiations

M. Painlevé's statement that the French government is to join the London Soviet-English negotiations, as well as M. Herriot's visit to M. MacDonald, gave Moscow circles the suspicion that, under the guise of reconciling the positions of England and France on Russian affairs, the conference will be postponed for an indefinite time.

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