RUSSIAN EMBASSY
COMPLAINT AND PROTEST t (A.P.A. and “Sun.,”) LONDON, 14th Maj\ Tho Russian Embassy has issued a statement that M. Bogoucloff, tho first secretary, was en route to the Trade Delegation premises on 12th * May. After receipt of the information of the raid he (called at the Foreign Office, where Mr. Palairet, Director of the Northern Department,- expressed ignor* a i ce , ra id. Despite continuous efforts,-M. Rozcngoltz was unable to see either Sir Austen Chamberlain or ?■ responsible official before 13 th May. While handing yesterday’s letter to Sir Austen Chamberlain, M. Rosengoltz drew attention to the fact that the police first seized cipher and code documents belonging to M. Khintchuk, the official trade agent. Such action, combined with the raid on the agents 1 office, seemed directed to increasingly strain Anglo-Russian relations. Morethe raid ‘was carried out in such a manner that the interests of the raided institution wero ignored. There was no guarantee that the documents and materials which the police might allege were discovered on. the premises
jU' 1 .® T r ®<l e Delegation were - really here- when the raid occurred. - .
VISIT TO CHAMBERLAIN
LONDON, 13th May. M. Rosengoltz yisited the Foreign Office at noon, and remained with Sir Austen Chamberlain thirty minutes. It is understood that he lodged a formal protest on behalf of the Soviet.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 113, 16 May 1927, Page 9
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