Moscow, July 1 The Chinese Ambassador to the U.S.S.R., Mr. Chiang Ting-fu, in a letter to M. Maxim Litvinoff, expressed hearty congratulations on the successful flight to U.S.A.
To-day the entire Soviet press devotes numerous articles to the brilliant flight and publishes messages of greeting from all parts of the country addressed to the courageous heroes.
"Pravda" states editorially, "Soviet aviation has scored another heroic victory, having again surprised the whole world, having again shown of what Soviet people and Soviet planes are capable, "Valery Chkalov, the pioneer of the Stalinist route from Moscow via the North Pole to the U.S.A, piloted his aeroplane to Portland." Valiant Mikhail Gromov was able to achieve a still better result when his plane ANT-25, halted its rapid flight at the very frontier of the U.S.A. and ce. In their report to the and Government, the flierq stated: Report that we have beaten two world records for ncnstop flight along a straight line and
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