A portrait of Litvinov smiled down from the wall above Mr. Chamber-
Above the Tudor fire-ere a portrait of Stalin and r and sickle hewn in stone. a grand and glittering party. Only about three of the guests did not wear full evening dress. Many wore orders and de. corations, An orchestra played romantic music—changing to jazz as Mr. Chamberlain was leaving shortly before eleven o'clock His: presence the p of the English guests were 1 intellectuals, writers and scientists, who spe t of their spare evenings o lain platforms.
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