London, May 1.
The talk between Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, and M. Ivan Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador, following the latter's return from Moscow, is described in authoritative quarters here as "long, and very friendly," Conjectures regarding the date by which the negotiations with the Soviet will be complete, however, are stated to be "pure guesswork.".ltis stated that the whole position regarding the current negotiations was discussed during the conversations, and that account was taken of the views of other countries associated in the anti-aggression measures. Official quarters are reticent as to the details of the Anglo-Russian negotiations, which are stated to be taking place in an encouraging and hopeful spi It is stated that the question of the application of a British guarantee to Poland was not discussed when the British Ambassador in Warsaw, Sir Howard William Kennard, saw Colo~ nel Joseph Beck, the Polish Foreign Minister, during the week-end.
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