SOVIET SPIES.
ARRESTS IN LATVIA. MILITARY INFORMATIONSOUGHT. (EX CADLE-rEESS ASSOCIATIOK-fOrYRIUIIT ) ("THE TIMES.") LONDON. October 14. The Riga correspondent of "The Times" says thnt the Latvian police arrested twenty-three soldiers and railwaymen, several possessing incriminating materials in connexion with a widespread organisation which the Cheka established in order to secure military information for the Soviet. M. Yoroshiloff, Soviet Commissar for War, announces that alreadv there are seventy-two women officers* in tne Red Army. Eight have passed a staff examination. Nineteen participated in the Pan-Soviet shooting contests, showing great skill with revolvers.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19271017.2.81
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19133, 17 October 1927, Page 11
Word Count
90SOVIET SPIES. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19133, 17 October 1927, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in