Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27

Embassies still existed IN MOS
COW in 1912, although in skeleton
form. The Ambassadors and
most of the staff were confined
to Kuibyshev. The American
Embassy had two occupants
Brig. Gen. Philip Faymonville
and Mai. John Waldron, a young
doctor less than a year out OF
GEORGETOWN medical school. The
EDDY Gilmore, for II yeors Associated
Press correspondent in Moscow, tells
the story Of how he met Tomoro, tel
in love with her and finely monoged
TO get q visa TO bring his Russion
wife and two children to the United
Stotes.
General headed the lend-lease
mission to the Soviet Union and
Waldron was the Missions doc
tor.
1--WE got a wonderful girl" he
told me one day, land, I'd ike
for you to meet her."
THAT'S fine" said, "you and
me and your girl. Well all go out
together and have a dandy time"
"Oh, no." said Waldron, I've
got a date for you too, and boy,
wait until you see Tamara!"
He whistled. Hear it in Amer
lea, France or Russia, it's the
same. The VOLTS whistle.
She came walking toward us
out of the cobalt-blue evening.
an average sized girl with the
biggest, brownest eyes I'd ever
seen. Her hair was brown, too,
and it hung long and thick over
her trim shoulders. Her figure
would make you throW rocks at
the rest of the girls.
Falls in Love With Tamara.
We walked up Gorky Hill, the
four Of us. I was able to manage
sort of conversation with
Tamara. This wasn't too difficult
because with her you certainly
made an effort.
We had caviar, Satsivi (breast
of turkey submerged in a colo
sauce made with nuts), Shashlyk
green onions, thick slabs Of fresh
butter, the half-warmed, half
toasted bread peculiar to thu
Aragvi, and Turkish coffee. We
drank vodka and Georgian soda
water, sang and laughed, anc
later on, had the band play
everything from "On the Streets
Of Yerevan" to the hauntinglJ
sad 1.-TWO Guitars"
It was an unbelievable evening
In my life, and, of course, I fel
In love with Tamara.
In the Spring of 1943 I knew
I had never met anyone anC
never would meet anyone lik'
Tamara Kolb- Chernashovaya.
was hopelessly in love. So cold
clammy terror swept over MI
one morning in mid-March whel
her sister Zinaida knocked OF
my door and asked me if I knew
where Tamara might be. To asl
the whereabouts of anyone il
Russia implies a great deal.
This same night Tamara re
turned to her mothers apart
ment and then she came to SCI
me. She told me. her story
against stern warnings of thu
NKVD. Shed been picked up b.
the secret police and they'd beer
talking to her all day, telling he
how she was wasting her tim,
with a foreigner, how it was I'm
patriotic to be in love with an,
foreigner. particularly an Ameri
can.
Allowed to Live Near kin.
An official document gave he
permission" to establish resi-
dence in a certain section @
Western Siberia.
She had a number of relative
in a village near Ryazan, abou
$50 miles southeast of Moscow
We decided if she had to leav
the city-and every one SCENE
to think there was no way t
prevent this-it would be bette
If she could live near relatives.
Her mother wrote a letter t
the authorities and it worked
She was given another paper
"permiSsion" to establish resi-
dence in the village where he
relatives lived.
q. Neither she nor her sister no
her mother was able to purchas
q ticket on any train. Buse
were not running.
II have no interest in hoy
you leave Moscow" said tn
police chief.
I had an automobile that ha
already Travelled more than 125,
600 miles. We had a chauffeu
named Pavel and he said tn
automobile might make the tr<
to RyaZan.
Pavel returned the next nigh
He wasn't very laxative. H
said he'd delivered Tamara a
her aunt'S and that she wa
well. but sad.
Enlists wilkes Help.
"a few weeks later Gilmore re
ceived notice from the ASso
ciated Press to take his HON
leave in the United States. Fol
mer Ambassador Joseph E. De
vies was in Moscow, deliverir
q letter from President Roost
welt and a print Of the film
Mission to Moscow"
Davies agreed to fly Gilmol
back to the United States, VI
Siberia. In New York Gilmol
went to see Wendell Willkie, r.