RUSSIANS TOO SILENT FOR “SILENT SERVICE”
NZPA Special Correspondent Rec. 7.45 p.m. LONDON. Feb. 21. Questions are to be asked in the House of Lords next week about the reasons for the delay in the arrival of the battleship Royal Sovereign when it returned to the Royal Navy after service with the Red Fleet. Although newspapers did their best to play up the few public appearances on shore made by the Russian officers and ratings from the battleship, it is reported that representatives of the Royal Navy who wished to make the return of the ship an occasion and to demonstrate friendliness for the Russians found the atmosphere difficult and depressing. The Russian Commodore Petrushchev was accompanied at all official functions by another senior officer who never spoke and the Russian ratings treated all overtures with obvious reserve. It was evident that the Russians were under strict orders about their deportment in any contacts with the Royal Navy and this had a dampening effect upon proceedings.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27012, 22 February 1949, Page 5
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