Evening star., 1933-12-06
U.S., SOVIET ENJOYS
MOSCOW BOUND|
BulIitt and Litvinoff May
Travel Together From
Berlin.
By JUNIUS b. WOOD.
~ Radio to The star.

~ Radio to The Star.
BERLIN, Germany, December g.
This German capital may become
transient center for American and So
Wet diplomacy this week, with the ar
rival of Maxim M. Litvinoff, peoples
commissar for foreign affairs. tomorrow.
and william c. Bullitt, first American
Ambassador TO the Soviet Union. on
Saturday.
growing suite, plans to continue. to
Moscow that same evening As the long
train ride would afford an ideal oppor-
tunity for discussing many things, 1t Is
quite probable that the two parties VAL
arrange to leave Berlin together.
For some reason the stricteSt secrecy
has been imposed by Washington re-
sarding the increased personnel OF the
new Moscow embassy, but 1t Is known
that several hitherto unnamed olpio-
matte secretaries now in European poSts
will either accompany Bullltt or JOIN
him in Moscow.
Assignments Kept Secret.
Washington does not order them TO
wear false whiskers or smoked glasses
so AZ to 20 unrecognized by their ac-
ouaintances while travelling. but their
essisnment must be kept secret. They
have been selected for their familiarity
with Russian or Eastern European
affairs.
During the years in which the So
Wet Union was a closed land to Amer
ican ofhcials State Department Russian
experts have been attached to the
American legation in Riga. Latvia. Ac-
cording to the present announcement,
the skeleton embassy stan which Is que
to land in France tomorrow consists OF
Bullitt and his wife. Keith Merrill.
State Department superintendent OF
buildings George r. Kennan, third sec
retary; two stenographers ana TWO
cooks.
Obviously many gaps must be hlled,
all of them of higher grade, such as
counselors, first secretaries, and MILL
tary. naval and commercial attaches.
For the time being at least these Will
be made from other embassies and lega-
tions in Europe. Consuls also must be
named for different cities.
Will Reach Moscow Monday.
Merrilrs task will be to select the
embassy quarters from an assortment OF
ancient and aristocratic residences,
which the Soviet foreign ofice has on
its renting list. The former American
embassy building is in Leningrad.
If no change is made in the present
schedule, the Bullitt party will leave
Berlin at $50 O'Clock Saturday evening
and reach Warsaw, Poland, around 6
O'Clock Sunday morning. They Will
enter Soviet territory at Nigorelei at
o'clock that evening and reach MOSCOW
at GAS Monday morning.
Litvinoff left Rome last night after
reaching a new understanding with
Italian Premier Benito Mussolini on
Soviet Italian relations. When he passed
through Berlin last month on his way
to the United States, Litvinoh said
that there were many more things ne
expected to discuss with Baron Con-
stantin Won Neurath. the Reich's foreign
minister, on his return.
The Soviet and American embassies
in Berlin have already formally ex-
changed cards in significance OF the
restored diplomatic relations between
the two countries.
Leo Chinchuk, Soviet Ambassador.
has accepted an invitation from the
American Chamber Of Commerce IN
Berlin to be its guest and address its
members at the MONDAY lunch on De-
cember 19.
William e. Dodd, American Ambas-
sador. Is now touring South Germany,
but he should return to Berlin by
Friday.
Copyright, 1933)