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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18256, 27 November 1933, Page 5

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COMMUNIST LEADER LIT VINO FF IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, Nov. 26. On the eve of his embarkation for .Moscow, iM. Maxin Litvinoff, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared tonight, that- the recognition of Russia by the United Statets will weigh the scales in favor of peace. Standing beneath the Stars and Stripes and the Red flag of Russia, at a banquet of the American and Russian Chamber ot Commerce, the man who helped to build the Communist nation was surrounded by prominent New Yorkers. One of the many dramatic moments occurred at the conclusion of the American national anthem. Many of the formally attired throng started to sit down, but the organ halted them as the gilded ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria was filled with the strains of the “Internationale,” the anthem of the Soviet Union. MORE NEGOTIATIONS INVITATION TO ITALY LONDON, Nov. 25. At the invitation of Signor Mussolini, who apparently desires to reintroduce Russia into the European comity of nations, M. Litvinoff will visit Italy on December 2. The Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent in Rome says that Signor Mussolini wishes to confer with M. Litvinoff, who consequently will possibly return from New York on one of the new Italian liners.