RUSSIANS IN ENGLAND
A THREAT FROM MOSCOW RETURN OR BE SHOT (Eloc. Thl. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received April 9, 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 8. Twenty Russians at present in England received ;i letter from the ConsulGeneral in London inviting them to return to Kussia within seven days, failing which they will become liable under a decree to 'be outlawed, their property confiscated, and execution by shooting 24 hours after identification. The Morning Post, in publishing a facsimile reproduction of part of an original letter, says: "The men were dismissed recently 'when the .Soviet Trade Delegation was reorganised, and they were ordered to return to Moscow." Editorially, the Post asks: "Will the Russians be kidnapped like Koutepoff, or will they be shot within the precincts of the Russian Embassy, or smuggled aboard a vessel and massacred at leisure?"
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17230, 9 April 1930, Page 7
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