July 6.
While Soviet circles in London are con~ fident that an Anglo-French-Russian mutual assistance pact is within sight, British circles in Moscow are not quite so optimistic, and in the absence of positive information the man inthe street is left guessing between the two opinions. It seems, however, clear that more progress has been made recently than was formerly the case, and there does appear to be some chance that an arrangement will be concluded before the situation in Europe is due to get worse. One of the [difculties attending the negotiations was the unfortunate circumstance under which they had to be opened, for from 1937 there appears to have been misunderstandings which aroused in the Russian mind more than a little suspicion of British good faith. When the Russian view was not taken by the Spanish Non-Intervention Committee in July of that year, M. Ivan Maisky, Russian Ambassador to Great Britain is reported to
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