Moscow parleys please Chinese
Soong, Stalin will review talks later
LONDON, England (UP, July 14) – Chinese quarters in Moscow are satisfied with preliminary results of the conversations between Chinese Premier T. V. Soong and Premier Marshal Joseph Stalin, it was reported today.
The talks, now adjourned because of the Big Three Berlin conference preparations, are expected to resume in about three weeks.
Soong left Moscow for Chungking early today after being guest of honor at a Kremlin banquet given by Stalin. The banquet was one of unusual cordiality, a Moscow dispatch said.
The talks between Soong, Stalin, and other Chinese and Soviet leaders had lasted for almost two weeks.
Because the talks began before the Big Three meeting, London observers had speculated that they had covered subjects requiring the consideration of the Big Three powers. Some suggested that this might mean Russia’s active military participation in the war in the Far East.
The fact that they will resume after the Big Three meeting, however, is taken as an indication that the talks concerned Russo-Chinese future relations rather than any critical, immediate problem.