The first cautious discussions on the resumption of trading with Soviet Russia will probably begin almost ai once, states the "Manchester Guardian" of April 30. The diplomatic basis has been laid down by the Russian request for a trade arrangement and the British reply to the effect that the matter might be considered if precise guarantees were given against re-export to Germany.
The practical basis, on the British side, is the urgent need for timber, restrained by the knowledge that Russia is bound to Germany by a "reaty providing for close economic ce-operation. All that can possibly arise is a barter deal under which Russia would supply timber and Britain would ship tin, as well as ume other primary commodities and perhaps spare parts for British machinery now in use in the Soviet Union.
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