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The author's memoirs detailing his experiences in a British diplomatic mission to Moscow in the Soviet Union in the post-Revolutionary period to establish a trade agreement is presented. Topics considered include the Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement of March 16, 1921, World War I, the Russian Revolution's impact on previous treaties and international relations, and the Soviet Union's economic policy in the 1920s. Notable people discussed include Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Soviet politician Lev Kamenev, Soviet diplomat Leonid Krasin, and Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Georgy Chicherin.

The article discusses the writing of the memoirs by U.S. President Harry S. Truman. Truman worked on the memoirs full time, from 9 until 4, five days a week, for thirty months. Accompanying Truman home from his office each afternoon was a small aluminum carrying case. It usually held his staff's production for the day. He and his wife read the manuscript at night. The next day it was returned to the typists with notes and changes penciled in the margins in his or his wife's hand writing. Truman was a good copy editor and his notes were very perceptive.

The article discusses the memoirs of Svetlana Stalina, which was published in the book "Twenty Letters to a Friend" in London, England. It describes the role of Joseph Stalin as a loving father and recounts how he reacted when his daughter fell in love with a Jewish dramatist. It also mentions that Kremlin failed to persuade the U.S. and other western countries to postpone the publication.

The article features theology professor Langdon Gilkey who has written a memoir about his war experiences titled "Shantung Compound: The Story of Men and Women Under Pressure." It mentions that Japanese forces arrested and sent Gilkey to a concentration camp in Shantung Province in 1943. Gilkey found out that even devout missionaries become selfish and neglect the Good Samaritan lesson. Furthermore, Gilkey says that God is the answer to all the problems of the society caused by man's creativity.

The article reports on the effect of the publication of the memoirs of former Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden the "Full Circle" in Great Britain. It mentions that the memoirs has aroused the issue on Great Britain role in Suez Canal invasion in 1956. Sir William Hayter, former British ambassador to Moscow, Russia, says that Great Britain has slowly obtained a reputation for wisdom, moderation and respect for international law, prior to the invasion.

The article focuses on the remarkable characteristics of Rudolf Bing, the general manager of Metropolitan Opera. It mentions that Bing seldom utter evasive answers to the mass media, but during his last season with the opera he declared that he wrote his memoirs presented in his book "5,000 Nights at the Opera." It states that Bing did not note his failures and shortcomings in the book. It adds that in his book, Bing had forgiven the last-minute cancellations and anger of tenor Franco Corelli.

The article discusses the publishing cost of memoirs from notable U.S. leaders and statesmen. The author stresses that publishing memoirs are costly following the unofficial announcement of a 1.5 million dollars deal with former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Holt, Rinehart and Winston Inc. Also presented is a list of the top-selling books including Dwight D. Eisnehower, Harry Truman, and Douglas A. MacArthur.

The article focuses on writer Andre Malraux and his upcoming book entitled "Anti-Memoirs," a four-volume work that features his life experiences. It states that before the book is published, pirated excerpts were printed in the newspaper "France-Soir," in which Malraux's publisher Gallimard expressed its consternation to the leak. Furthermore, U.S. publishers have been offered the right to put out an English version of Malraux's "Anti-Memoir" for as much as 250,000 dollars.

The article reports on the remarkable bids to publish Svetlana Allilueva Stalina's book "Twenty Letters to a Friend," in the U.S. It mentions that bids to publish and serialize Stalina's 80,000-word memoir have poured in since she arrived in the country. It states that Harper & Row Publishers Inc. has paid 250,000 dollars for the book rights while Italian Publisher Giorgio Mondadori has offered the biggest prices ever offered in Europe for exclusive foreign rights to the book.

The article offers an account of the life of André Malraux, France's Minister of Culture, whose adoration of art knows no bounds. According to the author, Malraux was once arrested and imprisoned in Indochina for thievery when he was still 22. It states that this fact popped again because of the publication of his ex-wife's memoir, which includes their adventures in Cambodia.

The article features Karl Gruber, who published his memoirs at age 44 while he was the Foreign Minister of Austria.

The article reports that "LIFE" magazine has purchased the rights to serialize and publish the memoirs of U.S. President Harry S. Truman for the sum of 500,000 U.S. dollars.