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M. POKROVSKY
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nor discussed any questions. Hence I was most
agreeably impressed when I had the good fortune to converse
at great length with this very intelligent and eminently
congenial man. I disclosed our political position in
Sweden to him, and the economic questions (exchange
of produce, technical and military orders, transit, etc.)
with which I had to deal, and which I wished to settle
as quickly and as satisfactorily as possible. We talked
in this strain for two good hours. I admired the
lucidity of my guest’s mind, and the value of the questions
he asked me. The following day I begged his
permission to present him to M. Wallenberg. "This will
be my revenge for the Protopopoff visit," I thought, as
I accompanied M. Pokrovsky to the Swedish Foreign
Office. I thought it quite superfluous to take part in
the conversation. " Gentlemen," I said, when I had
presented them to one another, " you are both particularly
well versed in economic and financial questions, so I
will not disturb you." And I left.
Two hours later Pokrovsky came to see me. " Well!"
I said, " and what are your impressions ?"
" Excellent! We have reviewed all the leading
questions. Thanks to the imformation and matter
supplied by you, I had a most valuable discussion
with M. Wallenberg, who on his side was full of good
sense, and also most friendly. I even ventured to
outline with him a scheme or rather a conventional
programme dealing with all the questions which we
discussed verbally. Here is the little statement; do you
approve of it ? "
I read the statement carefully, and returned it to
M. Pokrovsky, assuring him that for my part I could
only thank him for it, and wish for the prompt
conclusion of an arrangement on the principles which he
had just worked out with M. Wallenberg. The day
after M. Pokrovsky’s departure I asked Wallenberg
what he thought of him. " Highly congenial, and
possessed of deep knowledge. It was a pleasure to me
to talk with him. We even allowed ourselves to
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