Local residents left totally in the dark
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| Golden Fleece arriving at Brookmans Park station on 21 May, 1942 Screen grab courtesy of the Imperial War Museum non-commercial licence |
On board was the Russian Peoples' Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov, along with his staff. British Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, was there to meet his Russian counterpart.
This wasn't a scheduled service; this was a special train laid on to carry a Russian delegation on its way to attend a top-secret meeting which would lead to the signing of the Anglo-Soviet Treaty.
