RUSSIAN CHILD.
FOUND AFTER 12 YEARS. TROUBLE OVER PASSPORT. RED CROSS AND SOVIET. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Friday. A twelve-year-old Russian child, Galina Bogatiroff, who was found in Stretensk, Siberia, through the efforts of the Red Cross, after having •been lost trace of since she was a few months old, is finding difficulty In returning to her family, as trouble is being raised by the Soviet on the question of a passport. Soon after the child was found the Red Cross authorities considered that the child would toe able to travel with a British passport, which could be obtained at a small cost, hut now it is stated that the Soviet considers her a Russian subject. The price for a Russian passport is three hundred dollars, which is absolutely prohibitive for the Red Cross.
The High Commissioner and the home authorities have been approached, tout so far no arrangements have been made.
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Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18926, 21 April 1933, Page 6
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