BRITISH PRISONERS IN RUSSIA.
By Electrio Telegraph.—Copyright. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received. December 22, 9.30 a.m. AMSTERDAM, Dee. 19. Captain O'Grady and M. Litvinolf have concluded their * conferences. Captain O'Grady is returning to England. It is understood that negotiations for the exchange of prisoners definitely failed.
WHY THE NEGOTIATIONS FAILED. Received December 22, 10.10 a.m. COPION MAG KN,>Doc, J9., ij The/ negotiations broke down owing to Litvinolf persisting' in the refusal to exchange British officers. Litvmoff's demands,- which it was impossible to accept, included the exchange, of 225 Russian prisoners held by the Archangel Government, for 22 British' officers, also that the British women and children in Russia be exchanged for 2700 escaped Russians now in Denmark.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1706, 22 December 1919, Page 6
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