In later days Cline became a close friend of his host and his family. In his memoirs, he states quite baldly that one of his responsibilities was to understand in more depth just how sincere were the anti-communist feelings of this key official, with so many links to the Soviet Union.
克來恩後來與男主人一家，成為私誼甚篤的朋友，在他的回憶錄裡，也並不諱言當年自己的任務之一，是深入瞭解這位與蘇聯關係匪淺的「重要官員」反共的誠意。