SOVIET MINISTER
M. ZIABKIN ARRIVES. (Press Assn.) AUCKLAND, Nov. 22. The first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Soviet in New Zealand (M. Ivan Kernilovieh Ziabkin) arrived at Auckland by the ship Permanente. He is accompanied by his wife and one son, also members of his staff. Every member of the staff is accompanied by his wife and two children, the combined party numbering 19.
In a short interview M. Ziabkin said he regarded being the Soviet’s first Minister to New Zealand as a great privilege. Speaking in excellent but careful English, he said: “I will try to do my best to cement the friendship between our % two countries.” He hoped to see much of New Zealand and to be of use in telling his own country of what he saw. “At present.” he said, “New Zealand is not very well known; in my country. Its size, population, produce and things like that are known, but they are statistics. I must try to make it better known.” Recalling that New Zealand had exported wool and other produce to Russia during the war, M. Ziabkin said that the possibilities of trade between # the two countries would be one of his interests, but he would have to investigate the position before he could speak about it.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 305, 23 November 1945, Page 6
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