Show russian enigma illustrated boris krelof has gone home he was a member of the staff of tass official soviet news agency stationed for or some three years in washington so far as I 1 have been able to learn leara his american contacts which were many both official and personal made not a single ideological impact upon him or his way of thinking he upheld the russian cause be talked more freely iree ay than most russians in a semiofficial semi official or official capacity do but also so far as I 1 can learn he never offered the slightest compromise of viewpoint nver never accepted any argument or explanation of democratic american style methods of thought or action and yet and here Is the tiling thing that baffled most mast of us ns he was well liked he be was good company and a nd it if we could have found the tiniest peg on which to hang bangan an idea lie fie would have inspired us to write about russia with a heart as a russian woman interpreter Is r reported to have begged of sam welles Vl elles times correspondent in moscow we wonder about boris we would have liked so much to sit down and talk frankly and freely with him about the common problems and the still more common misunderstandings between our countries co atries was he able to t 0 appear so genial and friendly and charming charmi fig because he held such high rank at home that he be afraid to consort as far as personal matters went asla as a trusting friend was he so deeply indoctrinated in the ideology ideology of marxism lenin ism stalinism that be was filled with pity rather than the typical suspicion su which seems to permeate most russian american relations one slight clue we have though it ans may y be a false one once at a rather intimate gathering krilovs krelo lovs s hostess finally grew a little impatient and said something like this listen here boris were friends surely you can be frank with ui us and explain why your government before she could finish h he e guessed what was coming he held up his bis hand please he said with a disarming smile that took the sting out 0 bis words we are having such a pleasant tim time t but you force orce me to say this I 1 cannot explain what you wish because you people are just too stupid to understand comina elsm it if that sentiment Is a sincere and typical expression of how themen the men who run russia feel the road ahead Is a rocky one kipling once put into versa verse the problem he felt the foi foreigner eIgner faced in trying to understand the american what he said might be applied to russia inopportune shrill accented the acrid asiatic mirth that thas leaves him careless mid his bis dead the scandal of the filler elder forth earth how shall hs he clear himself how reach your bar or weighed defense prefer a bre brother b et hod hedged ed with alien speech and lackins lacking all interpreter interpreter |