Caption on reverse [translation]: "Maxim Litvinov. People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union."

Caption on reverse [translation]: "No. 6,840. [Maxim] Litvinov. Soviet People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs. [Stamped] February 1938."

Caption on reverse [translation]: "No. 6,227. Maxim Litvinov. People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union. [Stamped] February 1937."

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Photographic Overseas A News October 10, 1938. Litvinov in Danger. (Moscow) Domei. The insatiable storm of Red Russia's purge seems to be reaching even Foreign Minister Litvinov, seen as Stalin's right hand man. The outcome is being closely watched. Photograph: Litvinov (right) speaking with French Foreign Minister Bonnet at the League …

Caption on front: "On the sixteenth anniversary of the Soviet its representative comes to America: Maxim Litvinov gets his first view of the new world from the deck of the Berengaria, on which he traveled from Europe to his meeting with President Roosevelt. (Times Wide World Photos.)"

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Moscow) New ambassador Tamekichi Ota arrived in Moscow on the 23rd. He visited Mr. Karinin, Chairman of the People's Commissar, at the official residence. Ota presented his credentials to Mr. Karinin. In the photograph (from left) is Mr. Litvinov, Chairman of the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, a member of the G.E.G. …

Caption on front [translation]: "Person of the Day. Molotov. It can't be said that there isn't a little sadness at the withdrawal of Litvinov, who held the position of People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs (foreign minister) for a full nine years and pushed around Europe to an obnoxious degree. His replacement is, in marked contrast to …