PLOT TO KILL TROTSKY
MYSTERIOUS LETTER DERI.I X. Kcli. 20. A «-iveiinusianVia 1 story of a plot against Trotsky’s life lias reached i.i071 ii in a private letter from Prague 11 , a member of n I> 1y; llnmiin publishing house. According i(, ;iie writer of the Jotter, who gives Doth his address and his telephone nuniDer. a group o'; White Itussia'.i oflicers in Prague derided during the past few weeks to seek out Trotsky on (Tinkipo Island and kill him with revolvers. As soon as the letter was received 11 err Trotsky’s followers sent a copy of it to the Turkish Embassy with a request that steps should l>e taken to protect their leader’s life. Trotsky himself was warned by telegram not it, leave ids 'house without taking every possible precaution against, sur-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17239, 21 April 1930, Page 10
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133PLOT TO KILL TROTSKY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17239, 21 April 1930, Page 10
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