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On The Cup, A Hammer And Sickle -- Jacob Malik, the Soviet ambassador, pours tea into a hammer-and-sickle cup for Shunichi Matsumoto, the former Japanese ambassador to London, at the Soviet Embassy in London, August 30. The two men have been meeting at intervals over the past two months in discussions aimed at the restoration of normal relations between their Countries. Their talks have now reached the stage of a draft treaty. August 31, 1955. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).