SOVIET MENTALITY
DIRECTOR OF VICKERS
FANTASTIC ALLEGATIONS
Onlted Press Association—Br Electric Ttlf . ; ■■■ eraDh-rCoPJTleht : ■ • • (Beceived; April .11; 2 \ p.mOv '■ 1 "LONDON, April 10;; :According to.the Whito-. Paper;.oa Bussia, Mi". Alan -Monkhouso believea that 'it will be suggested that Mr.'C. T. Bichards, now in England, who is a director of Metropolitan Vickers,, Ltd.» in general' charge of the Bussian business, was working in* conjtmction' with, an international group to hinder' the industrial developments of Bussia. The Public Prosecutor, on. ■ several > occasions suggested that Richards , was in ■ the British Secret ■ Service.-. ■ • . Mr. Bichards issued a denial of Aha Ogpu allegations in'the-White Paper. "The implication," he says, "that I or any colleagues1 in Metropolitan' Vickers ■ have been working against the in- • terests of the Soviet, either by sabotage or any other means, is noi less ■ fantastic than the suggestion that\l- am in the British Secret Service.1 I deny; both completely.*' :■ . ';• ,*> A: message from Moscow states that counsel "are devoting hours daily to the preparation of the engineers' defence under a disability, as they are : unaware of the actual indictment, which will only be disclosed when-the Court opens/
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 85, 11 April 1933, Page 10
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 85, 11 April 1933, Page 10
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