Rosengolz on Britain's "Flimsy Pretext" for a Rupture London, May 25.
The Soviet Charge d'Affaires, Comrade Rosengolz, in a long state: ment in reply to the statement of the Prime Minister, Mr, Baldwin in th House of Commons yesterday, expresses amazement and deep regret that the British Government should Ihave reached such an important [decision on such a "flimsy pretext." He adds that "doubtful arguments were used to justify the decision Comrade Rosengolz declares that definite conclusions can be drawn from Mr. Baldwin's statement: first, that there is evidently no particle of evidence that the mysterious document that was alleged to be lost ever Found its way to Arcos House or was any way handled by any employee of the Trade Delegation or of Arcos and, second, that there is no particle of evidence that the Trade Delegation, Arcos Ld, or any of their employees were ever engaged military espionage or in any work. ofa similar nature, Charge proceeds to British Government's decision means "the sathblow to Anglo-Soviet No. complaints were ever to him with regard to the activities of Arcos Ld., the Trade Delegation or any of their em-Tnmedlataly the Trade Agrosneent, adiately the Trade. Agreement, he says, is not only a violation of months in investigating the activi ties of a group of secret agents who had. been endeavouring to obtain highly confidential documents re-Jating to the British force The investigations had shown that} these agents were working on behalf of the Soviet Government and had received their instructions from. members of the Russian Trade Delegation, who had arranged the] conveyance of photographs or copies of the documents to Moscow.
Early in the year, the Premier went on, a British Air Fore officer! was convicted of stealing two documents on behalf of a secret] organization which was. connected with a similar Russian organization. The man waa now in prison and the, Socuments had been recovered.
Subterranean Photostat further highly confidential document had recently been missed, Information had been received, that it had been conveyed to the Soviet house, where it had been reproduced by apparatus in a subterranean photostat room, The police who) conducted the raid went straight, to this room, which answered the eseription "given them. They Gocuments discovered included a letter signed by a former principal espionage and secret propaganda agent for Europe, recommending Kaulin as head of' the photostat zoom, He was described as a former agitating member of the Red Trade Union of Sailors and whose duties included the eatrying of diplomatic post between the Ruseian Embassy and the Soviet}
'A number of letters were found on Kaulin addressed to well communists, including the National inotity Movement of Britain "and America, containing directions from the Red International of Labour Unions.
The seized correspondence showed that the Arcos Trade Delegation offices were habitually used learing-house for subversive m: ter.
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