CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA.
IMPRESSIONS OF VISITOR.
PROPAGANDA CONTINUES
A member of Ihe British trado delegation whii - h visited Russia last year, Mr. L. 11. Tonkin, arrived by the Aorangi yesterday on a business visit to tho Dominion. Ho expressed tho view that Russia could not afford to abandon its propaganda, and there wan r.ot a man in the Soviet Government who would daro to suggest it. Mr. Tonkin said Russia was exporting every possible product in order to obtain imports, which invariably consisted of machinery. Imports and exports balanced exactly, and would continue to do so, at least, until the termination of the Five Year Plan to which the country was committed.
Describing conditions in Russia, Mr. Tonkin said Moscow was a wonderful city, boasting all modern facilities, such fcs motor-buses and trams. Judging by appearances, a person in Moscow might easily imagine ho was in Collins Street, Melbourne. However, there were no private traders, the Government controlling everything on tho co-operativo principle, and tho shops wcro badly stocked. /
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20604, 1 July 1930, Page 13
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