BRITISH AMBASSADOR LEAVES FOR RUSSIA.
(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received December 7, 12.30 p.m ) RUGBY, December 6. Sir Esmond Ovey, the newly-appoint-ed British Ambassador to the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, is expected to leave for his post to-morrow, and Monsieur Sokolnikoff, the newly-ap-pointed Soviet Ambassador to LonJ! m, is reported to have left Warsaw last night en route for England. Sir Esmond Ovey will be i.ccompanied by Messrs Ashton Gwatkin and Mark Patrick, counsellor and secretary respectively, and Colonel Mitford, attache. Mr Paton, who has held Consular posts at Vladivostock and elsewhere in the Far East, will be commercial counsellor at the British Embassy. The Soviet Ambassador, M. Sokolnikoff, is expected in London on Tuesday or Wednesday next.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18938, 7 December 1929, Page 1
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