SOVIET ACTIVITIES.
EXTENSION TO AFGHANS. A PROBLEM FOR INDIA. CALCUTTA, Aug. 11. Travellers report that the steady infiltration of Russians in Northern Afghanistan is continuing. Oil prospectors are busy in the Herat Area, and others are searching for minerals. The stream of Russian immigrants includes some genuine traders. Others have partly commercial and partly political motives, while some axe believed to be Bolshevik agents pure andi simple. The process is similar to that which recently was vigorously car_ ried out in China. The peaceful penetration of Northern Afghanistan raises a serious problem. By cajoling the senior Afghan officials in Afghan Turkestan and bribing the juniors the Russians appear to have established the belief of their bona-fides; but it is duobtful whether the shrewd Amir will be equally deceived.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 24 August 1925, Page 2
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