1930-31
– With Lloyd George
•Visits USSR for 1st time as the
eyes & the ears of the Lloyd
George, but with an ‘open mind’ about Communism in August 1930.
•Makes unescorted visit to Ukraine as pilgrimage to City, where his mother lived in the 1880s
•Immediately upon leaving USSR, away from Soviet ‘prying eyes’, Gareth writes candidly
to his parents: