Original sentence: Following the meeting in October 1918, Lloyd George initiated discussions with the All Russian Co-operative Society about dropping the blockade of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic
Edited sentence: In the event, the negotiations soon became simply between the United Kingdom and a bolshevised centrosoyuz, known as the Anglo-Soviet trade Agreement.Lloyd George proposed dropping the blockade of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic by starting negotiations with the "Russian people" in the form of the centrosoyuz, which at that time was not controlled by the Bolsheviks.This meeting was held four days after the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.This was agreed, with a communique from the Council being published on 16 January