'A statement issued by the Foreign Ofice confirms that the conversations between the British Secretary for Foreign Affaire and the Russian Envoy Dovgalevsky will not be continued for the present.
The statement says that the Foreign Secretary, in the original invitation to the Soviet, made clear that, a responsible representative would be welcomed with a view to discussing the most expeditious procedure for settling outstanding questions, including debts and propaganda.' Though the reply received from the Soviet was somewhat ambiguous, it was presumed that Dovgalevsky was authorized to di cuss such procedure.
Mr. Arthur Henderson told Dovwalovsky that he was anxious, during the parliamentary recess, to create a machinery dealing with debts, claims, trade, and 20 forth, that he could seek authority when Parliament reassembled in October for an exchange of Ambassadors, even if a complete settlement of all outstanding questions had not been reached.
The statement concludes that the British Government has taken note that the Soviet will consider the new British proposals at the next regular plenary session of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the U.S.S.R.—Reuter,
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