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Died. Georgi Vassilievich Chicherin, 64, onetime Tsarist diplomat, Soviet Russia's first (1918-30) Commissar for Foreign Affairs; of diabetes; in the Kremlin Hospital, Moscow...
Heartened by such a program of negotiation, Soviet Foreign Minister Chicherin cabled to President Coolidge a fortnight later his government's "readiness to discuss all the questions in your message." This cablegram cracked the door toward resumption of diplomatic relations. There was, however, at that time no pressure from Big Business for better trade relations to open the door further...