BRITAIN AND RUSSIA
CLOSING OF A CONSULATE United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received Feb. 16. 3 p.m.' MOSCOW, Feb. 15 Britain has notified the Soviet of its derision to close' the Leningrad Consulate immediately arrangements are completed. The Moscow correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says the British decision was not the result of an amicable agreement, but the attitude of the Soviet Government made negotiations impossible. The British Note indicates that the Government regards the Soviet attitude as unjustifiable, discourteous arid detrimental to good relations. The Soviet’s clear aim is to got rid of all resident foreign officials outside Moscow
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20426, 17 February 1938, Page 9
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