French Raid On Soviet Trade Bureau
PARIS, February 8. Tlie documents seized by the French police in their raid on Monday on the Soviet Trade Bureau reveal that its operations went far beyond the scope of the functions of a trade mission, and showed that there is also a close collaboration between German and Russian propagandists. Plain-clothes men entered the offices at 9 a.m. and forced the safes and files. They met the Russian officials as they arrived and escorted them to their 'homes, which they searched. The French Government has refused the Soviet’s demand for the return of the documents. It declared that the office had ceased to enjoy immunity when the Franco-Soviet trade agreement expired. The raids were part of the operations against Communists throughout France.
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Northern Advocate, 10 February 1940, Page 5
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