SOVIET REGIME
TREATMENT OF NATIONALS. RUSSIANS IN LONDON. DIRE THREATS ISSUED. (United. Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received April 9, 8.30 a.m. LONDON, April 8. Twenty Russians at present in England received a letter from the ConsulGeneral in London requesting them to return to Russia within seven days, failing which they would become liable under a Soviet decree to be outlawed, their property confiscated, anti to be executed by shooting 24 hours after identification. The Morning Post, which publishes a facsimile reproduction of part of the original letter, says: “Will Russians be kidnapped like General Koutepoff, or will they be shot within the precincts of the Russian Embassy, or smuggled aboard a vessel and massacred at the Soviet’s leisure?”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 113, 9 April 1930, Page 9
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