Deserting Russians Don’t Want To Return
(Received 12 noon) ROME, February 20. An Italian news agency tells a remarkable story of the strange attraction Turkey has for Russians. Russian infantrymen crossed the Caucasus frontier and took refuge in Turkish territory. The authorities disarmed the soldiers and informed the Soviet that their arms would be put at Russia’s disposal. The Soviet sent a cavalry squadron to escort the deserters, but when the cavalrymen reached Turkish territory they also refused to return to Russia, and are still in Turkey. Confirmation is received from Istanbul that a number of Russian technicians, working in Kayseri factories, refused to return to the Soviet. Turkey officially ignores the matter.
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Northern Advocate, 21 February 1940, Page 5
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