A CHARMED LIFE
M. STALIN'S NARROW ESCAPES TWO ATTEMPTS AT ASSASSINATION Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright MOSCOW, November 3. . (Received November 4, at 10.10 a.m.)' It was disclosed during the trial ol 13 members of the Abkhazia mcnt that M. Stalin had twice nar* rowly escaped assassination since 1933, The first attempt was in 1933, when the head of the Abkhazian Ogpu fired on M.-Stalin’s cutter, but the rang a was too great. The second time was in 1935, when a conspirator armed with a German automatic rifle mistimed M« Stalin’s holiday movements.
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Evening Star, Issue 22797, 4 November 1937, Page 11
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91A CHARMED LIFE Evening Star, Issue 22797, 4 November 1937, Page 11
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