The Archive · 1927

Property Stolen by Soviet

180,000,000 Worth of British Belongings in Russia and No Compensation London, Mar. 17, The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Locker-Lampson, replying to a question in the House of Commons said that the value of trading and manutacturing.properties of which British subjects had been deprived by the Soviet Government without compensation Was estimated: by the claimants at ap-Proximately, £180,000,000, He was tunable to say what proportion "of tines represented liquid assets.

'Discussion had taken place' from toe to time with the Soviet Gorernment relating to liquidation of} these claims, without satisfactory! results, The British Government wore awaiting x constructive proposal but s0 far none had been mate by" the Soviet Government British Wireless Through Reuter,

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