Show russian enigma illustrated boris krelof has gone home he was a member of the staff of tass official soviet news agency s sta ia tinned tor for some three years in washington AV so far as I 1 have been able to learn his american contacts bilich which were many both official and per bonal made not a single ideological impact upon him or his way of thinking he upheld the russian cause he talked more freely than most russians in a semi official or official capacity do but also so far as I 1 can learn he never offered the slightest compromise of view point never accepted any ment or explanation of democratic american stale methods of thought or action and yet and here Is the thing that baffled most of us he was well liked he was good company an and d if we could h have ave found the tiniest peg on wl which ich to hang an idea he would have inspired us to write about russia with a heart beart as a kus bus sian stan woman interpreter is reported to have begged of sam 11 avelles elles times time a correspondent in moscow 4 we wonder about boris we would have liked so much to sit down and talk frankly and f freely reely with him about the common lems and the still more common misunderstandings between our countries was he able to appear so genial and friendly and charming because he held such high rank at home that he wasn gasn t afraid to con sort as far as personal matters went as a trusting frienda was he so deeply indoctrinated in the ideology of marxism lenin ism stalinism ism that he was filled with pity rather than the typical suspicion which seems to permeate most russian american relations 9 one slight clue we have though it may be a false one once at a rather intimate gathering krelof s hostess finally grew a little ampa tient and said something like this listen here boris were we re friends surely you can be frank with us and explain why your gove govern rn ment before she could finish he guessed what was coming he held up his hand please he said with a dis arming smile that took the sting out ot of his words we are having such a pleasant time but you force me to say this I 1 cannot explain what you wish because you people are just too stupid to understand comma cism it if that sentiment Is a sincere and typical expression of how the men who run russia feel the road ahead is a rocky one eipl ng once put into verse the problem he felt the foreigner faced in trying to under stand the american what he said might be applied to russia inopportune shrill accented the aard aar d asiatic mirth that leaves him careless mid his dead the scandal of the elder earth hou shall he clear himself how bow reach your bar or weighed defense prefer a brother hedged alien speech and lacking all interpreter |