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Show VJU TRADE PARLEYS WITH SOVIETS MOVE SLOWLY LONDON, June 18. Gregory Kras-sin, Kras-sin, Russian bolshevik minister of trade and commerce, who has been In London for three weeks, met tho permanent committeo of tho supremo economic council for the first ,tlmo yesterday. The conference, according to a crytlc official communiquo issued at Its termination, lasted 45 minutes. Groat Britain, France, Italy and Bel-glum Bel-glum were represented, but thero was no American observer present- The communique Indicates the negotiations nego-tiations with tho bolshevik emissary aro moving slowly. For it merely re-Iterates re-Iterates in the same terms as tho brief statemont from Downing street, following fol-lowing M. Krassln's discussions with Premier Lloyd George and members of tho cubinot two weeks ago, that "certain preliminary questions regarding re-garding the opening of trade negotiations negotia-tions were discussed." It ,13 understood no deflnito arrangement ar-rangement for a subsequent meeting was made. It is believed this will depend de-pend on tho result of M. Krassln's telegraphic exchanges with .Moscow on tho points brought up today. |