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 such an opportunity. We earnestly hope to see you there, and we believe that the negotiations that we have entered upon may be more usefully carried out when the Conference of London will have made known the opinions shared by all the working classes of the Allied countries.

(Signed) and

In short, the Russian Revolution did not accept the inheritance of the former Government on condition of not being held liable with regard to its agreements with the Allies. But one can have confidence in the Provisional Government when it declares that it will remain faithful to the Pact of London and that it is unanimously opposed to any idea of a separate peace.

On the other hand, we can honestly say that from the point of view of Belgian propaganda the success of our mission exceeded our greatest hopes.