RUSSIANS ORDERED HOME
SOVIET CONSUL’S EXPLANATION. WELL AWARE OF PENALTIES. London, April 8. The Soviet Consul in London, in an official explanation of the decree, declared that those not complying with it were well aware that they would be Hable to execution by shooting or to deprivation of citizens’ rights, including the confiscation of their property. The Russians concerned, consisting of about ten who were employed by the Soviet Trade Delegation as technical workers or office assistants, were recently ordered to transfer to Moscow, They had been reminded of the penalty for disobedience. “It was within the right of a consul to order officials sent to England by the Government to proceed home when their presence here was considered no longer necessary. The people concerned had had an opportunity to explain why they had not complied' but did not avail themselves thereof.
The Consul refused to say whether some will be sentenced to death in their absence, as reported from Riga. It is understood in the event of non-com-pliance within q, fixed period, the Consul will ask the British Government to withdraw residential permits.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 April 1930, Page 15
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