THE SOVIET NAVY.
REMOVAL OF THE COMMISSAR. THIRD CAiSE DURING PAST YEAR. (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) MOSCOW, November 6. M. Frinovsky has been appointed People’s Commissar for the Navy in succession to M. Smirnov, who has been removed. It is reported that he was arrested owing to the unsatisfactory conditions prevailing in the navy. M. Smirnov is the third naval chief, to he removed since October, 1937.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 23, 7 November 1938, Page 5
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