Memoirs of an Official Agent.

The author's memoirs detailing his experiences in a British diplomatic mission to Moscow in the Soviet Union in the post-Revolutionary period to establish a trade agreement is presented. Topics considered include the Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement of March 16, 1921, World War I, the Russian Revolution's impact on previous treaties and international relations, and the Soviet Union's economic policy in the 1920s. Notable people discussed include Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Soviet politician Lev Kamenev, Soviet diplomat Leonid Krasin, and Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Georgy Chicherin.