One British official wrote that Litvinov's disappearance also meant the loss of an admirable technician or shock-absorber, while Molotov's "modus operandi" was "more truly Bolshevik than diplomatic or cosmopolitan."
En britisk embedsmand skrev, at Litvinovs forsvinden også betød tabet af en beundringsværdig tekniker og støddæmper, mens Molotovs "modus operandi" var "mere ægte bolsjeviktisk end diplomatisk eller kosmopolitisk."