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The Complete Maisky Diaries: Volume 1
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By Liakhovetsky, Ivan Mikhailovich (Maisky)

The Complete Maisky Diaries: Volume 1

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14 March
M.M. called me at 1 p.m. from Moscow, as I had asked in the telegram I had sent yesterday.
Maisky had impressed on Litvinov the significance that Eden and Simon attached to a meeting with Stalin, who, in the past, had met Bernard Shaw, Lady Astor and Lord Lothian. Eden would be the first Western minister ever to be received by Stalin; DVP, 1935, XVIII, doc. 108.
He spoke directly from Comrade Stalin’s office. The reply was as follows: let Eden come to Moscow on 28 March; Comrade Stalin will receive him; I should accompany Eden, from Berlin onwards; it is desirable that Simon should make a public statement on the equal importance of the Berlin and Moscow visits; it would be good if Eden stopped in Prague on his way home.
I was back in parliament at 3 p.m., on this occasion in Eden’s office. He asked me somewhat impatiently: ‘So, what’s the news?’ I communicated to him the substance of Moscow’s response. Eden was extremely glad. He remarked about the meeting with Stalin: ‘You understand, of course, that I would hardly insist on this for my own sake. But for the British public, for the man in the street, such a meeting is very important.’
Maisky explained to Eden that Stalin was no longer only the secretary of the Communist Party, but now held a ‘special position on the Executive of their elected Assembly. M. Maisky incidentally informed me with a grin that he himself was now an MP.’ Maisky was elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party; TNA FO 371 19468 N1329/1167/38.
He was deeply moved on hearing that I would accompany him. Eden changed somehow, brightening up and exclaiming with unusual fervour: ‘Please convey my deepest gratitude to Mr Litvinov.’ Eden assured me that if Simon were to make a public statement on the visits, he would stress the equal importance of the Berlin and Moscow visits. At any rate, the press would be guided in this direction. The Times has


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already taken this line today on Eden’s advice. Eden was evasive about Prague: he would have to stay away from England for a couple of days more. Besides, he might cause offence: why has he come to Prague and not Bucharest or Belgrade? People are already talking along these lines now. I pointed out the importance of the Little Entente in the cause of European appeasement and the opportunity to gather the three foreign ministers of the Little Entente in Prague. Eden promised to think it over, but it was clear that he did not like the combination…
Hurrah! M.M. has shown his charitable side: I have permission to go to Moscow together with Eden, or a day in advance – but on condition that Eden sets off soon. I don’t understand this condition, but the main thing has been settled. Even if Eden sets off not so soon, I’ll go with him all the same. It’s a sure thing!
Maisky spent the weekend at the Webbs’ ‘very triumphant – glad that it is Eden and not Simon, whom he is chaperoning to Moscow on the 27th – he dislikes Simon intensely – mainly because he feels that, in this slippery lawyer, the USSR had an enemy. Also Eden represents the conservative party and is an “English gentleman” – qualifications which Simon lacks according to the ambassador’; Webb, diary, 16 March 1935, pp. 5944–5.
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I have started organizing the tour. There are many details to think about: a special railway car for Eden should be sent to Nagoreloe on the border; the Nagoreloe–Moscow train must not fall two hours behind schedule en route; the restaurant car in the train should be clean and serve filling and inexpensive food; the meeting in Moscow should be properly organized, and suitable lodgings should be found for the English (Spiridonovka?).
The palatial lodgings of a former Russian merchant turned into the guest house of the Soviet Foreign Ministry in the Moscow countryside.
After all our people can make completely unnecessary slips, simply through carelessness and inattention to detail. I’ll call Moscow to ask about all this.
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Document Title14 March
AuthorLiakhovetsky, Ivan Mikhailovich (Maisky)
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Date1935 Mar 14
AOC VolumeThe Complete Maisky Diaries: Volume 1
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