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... knew him in 1919 he was unofficial ambassador of the unrecognized Bolshevik Government . He told me that , when the Bolsheviks first seized power , the London police arrested him and put him on a ship lying in the Pool just below London ...
... knew him in 1919 he was unofficial ambassador of the unrecognized Bolshevik Government . He told me that , when the Bolsheviks first seized power , the London police arrested him and put him on a ship lying in the Pool just below London ...
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... knew Mirsky well enough to say so . He was extremely reticent , shrugging it all off with some platitude , but he left us with the impres- sion of an unhappy man who , with his eyes open , was going not half , but the whole , way to ...
... knew Mirsky well enough to say so . He was extremely reticent , shrugging it all off with some platitude , but he left us with the impres- sion of an unhappy man who , with his eyes open , was going not half , but the whole , way to ...
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... knew as well as I knew the other two , was a curious man . He was lame and gave one the impression of being embittered by pain , though in ordinary conversation it was a rather gentle embitter- ment . I was an active member of the ...
... knew as well as I knew the other two , was a curious man . He was lame and gave one the impression of being embittered by pain , though in ordinary conversation it was a rather gentle embitter- ment . I was an active member of the ...
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