NEEDLESS SUFFERING
RUSSIAN WIVES OF BRITISH EX-SERVICEMEN Rec. 9 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 14. Before the House of Commons adjourned yesterday for the 10-week summer recess, Earl Winterton made an impassioned appeal on behalf of the 15 Russian wives of British exservicemen whom the Russians refuse to allow to come to Britain. “It almost keeps us awake at night,” he said. “They are going through anguish which is unnecessary and only adds to the horrors of this world.” Never before, he added, had any country placed an obstacle in the way of wives joining their husbands. Major C. P, Mayhew, Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs, said there was no evidence whatever of any change in the Russian attitude. The Government had considered reprisals, such as refusing visas to wives of Soviet representatives visiting Britain, but he was most doubtful whether anything helpful could be worked out along those lines.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26540, 15 August 1947, Page 5
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