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O speak of the conduct of the Allies during the struggle for peace is a very delicate and responsible task, and I am very reluctant to undertake it. But unfortunately the part played by the Allied diplomacy was so significant and so active that it is quite impossible to pass it over in silence. All that took place in Russia after the Revolution cannot be understood without a detailed explanation of the part played by the diplomacy of the Allies. I have already mentioned the disappointment caused in Russia by the cold, strange, and unfriendly attitude of the Allies to the Russian Revolution. The cold reception of the Revolution in England was undoubtedly a severe blow to Anglo-Russian friendship. But, after all, that is unimportant in comparison with what happened afterwards. I recall these initial blunders of the Allies, since they