A KNOCK-OUT BLOW!
NO PERMIT TO CROSS SIBERIA
MR CHICHESTER. DISAPPOINTED (Press Association). WELLINGTON, July 13. In a message from Narrabai, Mr F. C. Chichester, who, with Mr F. D. Herrick, of Hawke’s Bay, is flying to Europe via the Far East and Russia, states that on July 1 they received a “knock-out blow” in the shape of a cablegram from the British Ambassador at Moscow reading: “The Soviet Government states that the application cannot be granted owing to a general decision of which this is the first intimation to prohibit flights across the whole extent of U.S.S.R.” “When we received the permit without demur, from Manchukuo, we expected no trouble at all about Russia,” writes Mr Chichester. He adds that the two airmen intend to continue to Peiping and see what can he arranged when they have arrived there. They expect to arrive at Peiping early in August. It will be a great disappointment to both flyers if they are unable to carry through thenproject of a flight across Siberia.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXV, Issue 12912, 14 July 1936, Page 5
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