The Archive · 1940

Britain May Approach Russia Again

Special Envoy May Be Sent to Moscow

London, May 18.

Foreign diplomats reckoning with the possibility of a new British approach toward Russia today heard that the advisability of sending a special envoy soon was under consideration.

Russia's real intentions remain obscure. Those assuming that M. Joseph Stalin wants to avoid a German victory believe the hour was come for the Soviets, at least gradually, to revise their pro-Nazi Policy.

It is known here that Russia has failed to receive the expected big deliveries of German machinery. Soviet shipments to Germany, on the other hand, are said to be flagging.—United Press.

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