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Anglo-Soviet Talks - JD Clare

14.4k Avro683Lancaster  7.8 years ago

currently in (cold) history. quote from a website: "In August 1939, with war in Poland looming, the British eventually sent a minor official called Reginald Ranfurly Plunckett-Ernle-Erle-Drax. He travelled by slow boat, not by plane. He did not have authority to make any decisions, and had to refer every question back to London. The talks dragged on. "
that name though