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GERMAN CLAIMS PATROL ENCOUNTERS CANNOT CONTACT ENGLISH (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 10, 1.45 p.m.) BERLIN, Feb. 9 A communique states the enemy lost several prisoners in a patrol encounter at Forbach. The Nev/s Agency states the enemy lost six killed and several wounded; four prisoners were taken. The German patrol had only one killed. The communique adds: “ Despite increased activity it is still impossible to contact the English, who are supposed to be in the front line.” RAIDED BUREAU SOVIET DEMAND REFUSED (United Press Assn. —-Elec. Tel. Copyright) PARIS, Feb. 8 The documents seized by the French police in their raid on Monday on the Soviet trade bureau reveal that its operations went far beyond the scope of the functions of a trade mission, and showed that there is also close collaboration between German and Russian propagandists.
Plain-clothes men entered the offices at 9 a.m. and forced the safes and files. They met the Russian officials as they arrived and escorted them to their homes, which they searched. The French Government has refused the Soviet’s demand for the return of the documents. It declared that the office had ceased to enjoy immunity when the Franco-Soviet trade agreement lapsed. The raids were part of the operations against Communists throughout France.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21035, 10 February 1940, Page 7
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