RECEPTION AT KREMLIN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21668, 11 June 1932, Page 19

RECEPTION AT KREMLIN

FIRST since revolution. For the first time since the revolution the former Imperial Pfilaee ill the Kremlin was the scone of a brilliant diplomatic reception when Premier Molototf honoured the visiting Turkjsh Frcmiei, Ismet Pasha, Foreign Minister lewhk Rushdi 13ey, and 33 leading J uvkish representatives of Government departments, Parliament, literature, and the press (writes Walter Durantay in the New York Times). Hitherto Soviet receptions have been held in one of the mansions which have been used as “guest houses.” For instance, the reception a few years ago lo Amanullah when he was King ot Afghanistan was held i n a marble dwelling by a millionaire named Vtoroff. But Premier Molotoff’s 500 guests were entertained in the Kremlin throne room amid the glories of vanished Cznrism. The Soviet Government made tremendous preparations for the Turkish officials. The Turkish Foreign Minister joined Premier Ismet Pasha’s parly in Istanbul by train from Geneva. There was a gala night ot grand opera during the visit, a special race meeting, and, of course, the May Hay parade in Red Square. The Soviet foreign Office and the Turkish, Persian, and, perhaps, Italian Embassies arranged lunches or dinners for the Turkish Premier and Foreign Minister and the chiefs of diplomatic missions. . . On May 2 the guests-paid a j?hort visit to Leningrad, and then returned to Odessa without stopping at Moscow. Although no formal alliance exists between Turkey, Persia, and the Soviet Union, the past two years have witnessed a striking growth in their friendly relations •\nd co-operation, to which Italy apparently is ‘sympathetic!, and which it' is hoped will be further cem'ented by the Turkish visit.