RUSSIANS DEFENDED
REPORTS OF PERSECUTION DENIED LONDON, January 4. Strongly attacking rumours of Russian cruelty and- misbehaviour, the Dean of Canterbury (the Very Rev. Hewlett Johnson) in a speech said: “they are not perfect, far from it, but nor are w£ The Russians looted, but so did we.” The dean added that he had proof that reports of Russian persecution of thousands of refugees were wholly false. He said he had seen no sign of hostility towards the Church throughout Russia. The refusal to give Russia the secret of the atomic bomb was one of the greatest causes of suspicion be- ; tween Russia and Britain and the | United States.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24767, 7 January 1946, Page 5
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