Yesterday the Counsellor to the Soviet timbassy in Tokyo, Mr. N. J. Rayvid, arrived in Harbin to take the place of the Soviet Consul-Genera!, Mr. Slavutsky, who is going away 1 Russia on three or four months' leave of absence, owing to his severe illness from which he has only lately recovered. All the leading Soviet members of the railway board and administration were present at the railway station, the vice-President, Mr. Kuzneteof, being the frst to enter the carriage in which Mr. Rayvid was travelling. Besides the many Soviet citizens who went meet the new Consul-General, Mr. Shimomura, the assistant repre" sentative of the Manchoukuo Foreign
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