Personal Letter to Lloyd George from Berlin 27th March 1933

• “I have just arrived back from Russia, where I found the situation disastrous. The 5-year Plan has been a complete disaster in that it has destroyed the peasantry & brought famine to every part of the country. I tramped alone for several days through a part of Ukraine… • The situation is so grave, so much worse than in 1921 that I am amazed at your admiration for Stalin."